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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 156

"How degenerate is your heart"

Text: Ezekiel 16:29

THE DEGENERATION OF THE HEART

Great was the grief of the Lord as He recounted the sinful activities of Israel. The nation seemed to have an insatiable appetite for sinful activities.

“‘Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry
as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea;
and even then you were not satisfied.
How degenerate is your heart!’ says the Lord GOD,
‘seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.'”
Ezekiel 16:29-30

1. Harlotry

a) This word was used to describe “idolatry”.

b) Israel had embraced many deities wantonly.

2. They had now embraced the deities of the Chaldeans.

a) Abraham had left Ur of Chaldea because of its idolatrous ways.

b) Israel was not embracing the Chaldean deities too.

c) They already had many deities in the land.

d) Every time they traded with a new country, Israel would end up worshipping the idols of the trading partners.

3. A sad lament.

a) “How degenerate is your heart!”

b) This was not a question.

c) This was a statement that expressed deep lament.

d) Israel had become grossly degenerate.

e) The nation had become remorseless in its degenerate state.

A BRAZEN HARLOT

1. God had to compare Israel.

a) Not to just an ordinary harlot.

b) But to a brazen harlot.

2. The deeds of a brazen harlot:

a) A hardened heart.

b) An unrepentant heart.

c) A spiritually dead heart!