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Ezekiel 22 · Grade 4

Stand in the Gap

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God told Ezekiel to judge Jerusalem and make her know all her abominations. The city had made idols and shed blood. People treated their parents with contempt, oppressed the foreigner, and wronged the fatherless and the widow. They despised God's holy things, profaned his Sabbaths, took bribes, and forgot God.

God said the house of Israel had become dross. When silver is refined, it is melted so the waste, called dross, can be removed. God would gather the people into Jerusalem like a furnace to show what was true metal and what was waste.

Every group had failed. The prophets covered sin like whitewash. The priests made no difference between holy and common. The princes were like wolves seeking dishonest gain. The people oppressed the poor and needy. God sought for a man to build up the wall and stand in the gap before him for the land, but he found no one.

Show What You Know

  1. Which three groups of needy people were wronged?

  2. What is dross?

  3. How had the priests failed?

  4. What did God find when he looked for someone to stand in the gap?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

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  1. told Ezekiel to judge Jerusalem and make her know all her abominations.
  2. God said the house of Israel had become .
  3. When is refined, it is melted so the waste, called dross, can be removed.
  4. God would the people into Jerusalem like a furnace to show what was true metal and what was waste.
  5. The priests made no difference between and common.

Think About It

  1. God looked for someone to stand in the gap for others. Who in your life could use someone to stand up for them or pray for them?

  2. Every group in Jerusalem had failed. Why is it important for leaders and ordinary people alike to follow God?

Memory Verse

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • The leaders acted like wolves tearing prey to get more for themselves. What would it look like to use your gifts to serve instead of to get?
  • What is one wrong around you that you could ask God to fix?

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