Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"O mountains of Israel"
Text: Ezekiel 6:3
A WORD TO THE MOUNTAINS
The mountains were personified. Ezekiel addressed them as if they were animate beings. The intended hearers are those who go to the mountains to worship idols.
“And say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD!
Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains,
to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys:
‘Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you,
and I will destroy your high places.””
Ezekiel 6:3
1. The word of the LORD.
a) Twice the phrase “The Lord GOD” was used.
b) This was done for emphasis.
c) This is the Lord GOD of Israel.
d) But Israel has no regard for the LORD their God.
2. Idolatrous worship was conducted in the following regions:
a) Mountains
b) Hills
c) Ravines
d) Valleys
3. The following were worshipped by many from Israel:
a) Mountain deities
b) Hill deities
c) Ravine deities
d) Valley deities
4. The sword of the LORD.
a) The LORD would raise up a sword against them.
b) The worshippers called these “high places”.
c) This was a common term that described the idolatrous worship conducted in these places.
d) The sword of the LORD.
i) This will be wielded by the Babylonians.
ii) They will attack Judah and Jerusalem and destroy the nation.
iii) The high places would not be spared by the sword of the LORD.