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Packing for Exile: New Hearts Promised and Prophets Who Whitewash a Flimsy Wall | Ezekiel 11–13
Episode Overview
Today we read Ezekiel chapters 11 through 13. The leaders still in Jerusalem are confident they are safe—they compare the city to a cooking pot and themselves to the meat inside it, protected by the walls. God dismantles that confidence. But immediately alongside the judgment comes a promise that reaches much further than survival: the scattered exiles will be gathered, and God will give them an undivided heart and a new spirit. The exiles who think distance means abandonment are the ones being promised a future.
Ezekiel then packs a bag and digs through a wall in front of…
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