I may not be a smart man..........
I didn't get this one at all. The first part is another metaphor for how God is going to punish Jerusalem, with the picture of the meat in the fire.
The second part, I'm completely lost. What does Ezekiels reaction to his wife dying have to do with God? I'm trying to figure out what his lack of reaction would have said to the people, and how that would benefit, or point toward God?
I have no idea.
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I didn't get much either. I went back through after reading your comments and did get this--
ReplyDelete24 Ezekiel will be a sign to you; you will do just as he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel's behavior may be a sign to them that God is real because they took note of how odd his behavior was. He then told tehm you will act just like me one day and they probably thought no way that is ridiculous. Then when they did later in the future in a time of reflection they would recognize and have to admit to themselsves that his prophecy of them was spot on. And if that was true so was his other prophecies. --maybe, I don't know.
knut