Ezekiel - Chapter-36

Chapter Summary

Message to the mountains of Israel. Restoration of Israel predicted. Israel's past sins.

What did God promise the Israelites? What does this say about God's attitude toward Israel?
What does he say he will do to the nations that are against Israel?
What did Israel do to deserve God's mercy and restoration? Why is this significant?
God said he would restore Israel for his name's sake. What is the importance of this statement?
Like Israel, we experience God's mercy, even when we do not deserve it. What should be our response?
God mentions a heart of stone and a heart of flesh. How would you define the two?
When God said he would restore Israel, what specific areas would he restore? What is the significance of these areas for the growth of Israel?
How do you think other nations responded when God restored Israel?
What does the metaphor of "menstrual impurity" represent? What does it emphasize about God's attitude toward Israel's sin?
God said he would put a new spirit within Israel. How are Christians also partakers of this new spirit?

Mountains of Israel, v. 1. Restoration, v. 24.

God, Ezekiel.

23 (b), 26, 27.