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Ezekiel 13 · Grade 4

Peace When There Is No Peace

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God told Ezekiel to prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesied out of their own heart and followed their own spirit. They had seen nothing. God compared them to foxes in the waste places, animals that dig among ruins instead of repairing them.

A true prophet would go up into the gaps and build up the wall for the house of Israel, calling the people back to God before trouble came. These prophets did the opposite. They said Yahweh had sent them when he had not, and they told the people there was peace when there was no peace. That was like plastering a cracked wall with whitewash.

God said a storm would come, with an overflowing shower and great hailstones, and the wall would fall. Then people would ask where the plaster was. God also spoke against women who used false magic and lied to his people for handfuls of barley and pieces of bread. God promised to deliver his people from all these lies.

Show What You Know

  1. Why were the false prophets compared to foxes?

  2. What should a true prophet do in the gaps?

  3. What does whitewashing a weak wall picture?

  4. What did God promise to do for his people?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

wallpeopleprophetsGodprophesy
  1. God told Ezekiel to against the prophets of Israel who prophesied out of their own heart and followed their own spirit.
  2. compared them to foxes in the waste places, animals that dig among ruins instead of repairing them.
  3. A true prophet would go up into the gaps and build up the wall for the house of Israel, calling the back to God before trouble came.
  4. These did the opposite.
  5. That was like plastering a cracked with whitewash.

Think About It

  1. The false prophets told people what they wanted to hear. Why is it sometimes hard to tell or hear the truth?

  2. God wants people who will stand in the gaps. How can you help someone who is going the wrong way?

Memory Verse

“‘Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, “Peace;” and there is no peace. When one builds up a wall, behold, they plaster it with whitewash.

Ezekiel 13:10 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for telling the truth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you talk at home in ways that strengthen what is right?
  • How can you encourage honest people around you?

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