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Idols in the Heart: A Useless Vine, a Rescued Child, and Two Eagles | Ezekiel 14–17
Episode Overview
Today we read Ezekiel chapters 14 through 17, four chapters built around images. It begins with elders sitting down in front of Ezekiel to inquire of God while idols are still set up in their hearts. God's response cuts to the posture behind the question: you cannot hold onto false gods and expect a true word. What we are unwilling to release shapes what we are able to hear.
Then the pictures come. Israel is a grapevine—and unlike other trees, a vine that bears no fruit is good for nothing at all, not even a peg to hang a pot on. Chapter 16 is the most intimate and painful of…
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