Free group study handout
Ezekiel 9: Group Study Handout
How to use: read Ezekiel 9 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.
Overview
A call goes out for executioners to approach the city with their weapons (vv. 1-2). Six men arrive from the north, one in linen with a writer's inkhorn (v.
Key verse
“Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
Ezekiel 9:4 (WEB)
Outline
- Ezekiel 9:1–2 Call for Executioners
- Ezekiel 9:3–4 Marking the Faithful
- Ezekiel 9:5–6 Judgment Executed
- Ezekiel 9:7–8 Destruction and Intercession
- Ezekiel 9:9–11 God's Response and Final Report
Discussion questions
- In v2, who are the six men that come from the upper gate?
- What does the man in linen do in v4 regarding the people of Jerusalem?
- The command to 'strike' in v5: what does this suggest about the severity of judgment?
- Yahweh's response in v9 about the land being 'full of blood': what does this indicate about the city's condition?
- When have you felt compelled to mourn over actions in your community like the men in v4?
Go deeper
Passages that echo Ezekiel 9: Revelation 9, Revelation 7, Exodus 12.
Before next time: read Ezekiel 10.