March 29, 2023

Here is the Stand on the Word reading for today:

Ezekiel 4-5 ESV | NKJV | AUDIO

Reflection Questions:

1) What did the Lord instruct Ezekiel to do to symbolically communicate God's message in chapter 4?

1. Set up a diorama visually representing the city of Jerusalem under siege
2. Lay on his left side then on his right for over a year, representing punishment on Israel then Judah
3. Bake his meager bread rations on an iron griddle over a dung-fueled fire, forecasting conditions in the besieged city
4. All of the above

2) When God told Ezekiel to shave his hair and beard, carefully divide them into thirds, saving a few strands, what was he to do with the rest and what was the message of these symbolic acts in chapter 5?