Ezekiel 25: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Ezekiel 25 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Yahweh instructs the prophet to direct a message against the children of Ammon (vv. 1-2). He declares judgment against them for their taunting when His sanctuary was profaned (vv.

Key verse

“‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and taken revenge on them;”
Ezekiel 25:12 (WEB)

Outline

Ezekiel 25:1–2 The Lord's Message to Ammon
Ezekiel 25:3–5 Judgement against Ammon Declared
Ezekiel 25:6–7 Contempt and Punishment
Ezekiel 25:8–10 Moab's Denunciation
Ezekiel 25:11 Judgement on Moab
Ezekiel 25:12–14 Edom's Retribution
Ezekiel 25:15–17 Philistia's Hostility

Discussion questions

In v3, what do the children of Ammon say when the sanctuary is profaned?
What will happen to the children of Ammon according to v4?
The phrase 'clapped your hands' in v6: what does it indicate about Ammon's feelings?
In v12, what offense does Edom commit against the house of Judah?
When have you felt contempt for someone else's suffering, as the Ammonites did in v3?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Ezekiel 25: Amos 1, Zephaniah 2, Ezekiel 35.

Before next time: read Ezekiel 26.