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Ezekiel 23 · Grade 4

They Defiled My Sanctuary

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God gave Ezekiel a picture-story about two sisters. They were the daughters of one mother. Oholah, the elder, stood for Samaria. Oholibah stood for Jerusalem. Both belonged to God. The story shows how they broke faith with him.

Each sister ran after the strong nations instead of God. Samaria leaned on Assyria and took up its idols, and in the end Assyria conquered her. Jerusalem watched her sister fall but did not learn. She looked to Assyria, then Babylon, then Egypt. She trusted their strength and their gods.

God summed up Jerusalem's sin: she had forgotten him and cast him behind her back. The sisters had defiled his sanctuary and profaned his Sabbaths. Because Jerusalem walked in the way of her sister, God would give her sister's cup into her hand, a cup of sorrow and desolation.

Show What You Know

  1. Who did the two sisters stand for?

  2. Why should Jerusalem have learned from Samaria?

  3. What had the sisters done to God's sanctuary and Sabbaths?

  4. What would Jerusalem receive because she walked in her sister's way?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

Godsanctuarysisterdaughters
  1. gave Ezekiel a picture-story about two sisters.
  2. They were the of one mother.
  3. Each ran after the strong nations instead of God.
  4. The sisters had defiled his and profaned his Sabbaths.

Think About It

  1. Jerusalem saw what happened to Samaria but did not learn. How can you learn from other people's mistakes?

  2. The sisters trusted strong nations instead of God. What are things people trust in today instead of God?

Memory Verse

“Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.”

Ezekiel 23:38 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your faithful love. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why were the alliances unfaithful to God?
  • What wrong habit do you want God's help to stop?

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