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  THE LAND BECOME DEFILED AND VOMIT OUT IT INHABITANT

  (LEVITICUS 18:25)

   

  BY

  LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO

  08033068549

  BIBLE CHAPTERS/VERSE	BIBLE REFERENCE	PRACTICAL APPLICATION
  JEREMIAH 16:18	18)And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defile my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abomination thing	I WILL RECOMPENSE THEIR INIQUITY AND SIN DOUBLE I will recompense their iniquity double, Sin is twofold; the punishment foretold is but retribution for their sins, because they have defiled the land by idolatry, they shall be driven out of it, because they have profaned My  land with the carcasses of their detestable things, their lifeless and hateful idols, and the land filled with abomination, GOD will punish them according to their sins
  MICAH 1:3	3)For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high place of the earth	FOR BEHOLD THE LORD COMETH FORTH OUT HIS PLACE The LORD who judge the world, whose Holy majesty you have provoked to displeasure, who is a jealous GOD, and have the almighty power, He comes forth as a Judge prepared to hear determine and punish , now when GOD, who is in all the palaces at all times, is said to come forth, it is not meant of Him leaving a place where he was not to come to a place where, understood of His discovering His presence by some effects of it, OUT OF HIS PLACE: heaven, the place of His glorious throne COME DOWN :shows by  the effect of His power, justice, and wisdom that He is more eminently present , and tread upon the high places of the earth, which are His footstool, built on mountains, and all other high towers and fortified places, together with men of high look and haughty countenances, who exalt themselves like mountains and swell with pride; which were the cause of the LORD’S wrath and vengeance, these the LORD can easily subdue and humbled, bring low and tread down
  JEREMIAH 25:4-11	PROFESY OF THE LAND 4) And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants and prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear 5)They said, turn ye again now every one from his  evil way, and from the evil of your doings and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever 6)And go not after other gods to serve them,, and to worship them,, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands and I will do you no hurt 7) yet you have not hearkened unto me , saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt 8)Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; because ye have not heard my words 9)Behold, I will send and take all the families of the North, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land and against the inhabitant thereof, and against all these nations round  about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an, astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations	Down through the years, the LORD sent prophets after prophets to the people, but the people refused to listen to GOD”S servants, the prophet message was one of repentance, if they would turn away from their evil ways, and serve the LORD, GOD they  would continue and stay in the promise land , if they would turn everyone away from their idol worship, the creation of their own imagination the work of their hands, by worshiping images, which their hand has made, which provoke the LORD and as long as they served and worshipped GOD only, he will protect and defend them, but when they forsook the LORD, and went after other gods, and served and worshipped them, then they were threatened to be turned out of their land, and carried away captives into other land, the sinful actions of men do not affect or injure the almighty GOD, but are to the hurt of those who do them and brought destruction on themselves, for whatever is against the glory of GOD is hurt to man. Yet despite this wonderful offer of salvation and  deliverance, the people shut their ears, they would not listen and paid no attention whatsoever to GOD”S word THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD Due to the people’s spiritual deafness, GOD’S hand of judgment would fall heavily upon them, they would be conquered by Babylon, exiled throughout the Babylonian Empire, and suffer a seventy-years captivity, the LORD will use King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon as his agent of judgment, which GOD called His Servant, not that he is righteous man, but rather that GOD was using him as a servant to execute His justice and judgment on earth, that is , GOD appointed Nebuchadnezzar to destroy Judah and all the surrounding nations, is the LORD’S doing, and will utterly, destroy them,  and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolation both the Jews and their neighbors, remain even desolate for a long time, even till the seventy years, Judah and the other nations would be utterly devastated and become a wasteland
  EZEKIEL 6:11-14	11)Thus saith the LORD GOD smite with thine hand, and stamp with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence 12) He that is far of shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine; thus, will I accomplish My fury upon them 13)Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when  their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oaks, the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols 14)So will I stretch out My hand upon them, and make the Land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness towards Dib-lath, in all their habitations; and they shall know that I am the LORD	Thus saith the LORD GOD, smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, here are two actions, signifying a mixture of affection in the person, as wonder and amazement, indignation and displeasure, grief and sorrow, pity and sympathy to show both evil of sin he did and the evil of suffering which he did foreseen , GOD has reason for executing judgment upon false worshiper who are idolatrous but also wicked, they have disobeyed every commandment the LORD has given them, their  detestable sin, had inevitably aroused His Holy displeasure, to demonstrate GOD’S anger, He instructed His prophet to clap his hands and stamp, these are gesture of person in distress and agony, who, to show their trouble and grief, smite one hand against the other, or smite with the hand upon the thighs throw out their feet; stamp them and beat them on the earth. And say alas, for the evil abomination, mourning and lamentation explains the above gestures; namely the sins and abominations committed, since the heaviest judgment is coming, the people had to pay the penalty of their sins; consequently, in furry and horror they will die by plague, that flies from the enemy into the wilderness, the plague shall seize him and he shall die of that, there is  no fleeing from GOD, and escaping from His hand; when He resolved to punish sin He will execute them with His wrath, and he that is near shall fall by the sword, shall be slain by the sword, and he that remain, and is besieged, shall die by famine and GOD’S judgment would be inescapable , His judgment will fall on those who were both far away and near and give full measure of judgment. When GOD,S hand falls upon false worshippers and worship centers upon the hill, in all the top of the mountain, under green trees, and under thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols where they committed their idolatry, which is the usual place of worship and denied, by serving other gods; but now by those punishments their eyes would be opened to see, and to acknowledge,  that there was no GOD but the LORD . So will I stretch out My hand upon them, in a way of judgment , the LORD will vindicate His name, He alone is GOD, all so called gods are false, they are figment of people imaginations there is only one GOD, there is no other GOD the very essence , energy, source of life, and force of being, the GOD alone, our creator, the sovereign LORD and majesty of the universe , the judgment upon His people will vindicate His name as only the living and the true GOD before all false worshipers, and make the land desolate; by destroying the inhabitants and there is no escaping his mighty hand , in the last day people will know that JESUS is LORD
  EZEKIEL 14: 13-16	13) Son of man, when the land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine  hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast form it 14)Though these three men, Noah Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the LORD GOD 15) If I cause noisome beats to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts 16)though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the LORD GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate	SON OF MAN WHEN THE LAND SINNETH AGAINST ME BY TRESPASSING   When the Land sinneth against Me by trespassing grievously that is , the inhabitants of the land, when they are in general become sinners against GOD and His law, and not merely sinner, but notorious sinner, guilty of very gross outrages , of great distortion , deceitfulness , people who sin so much that they arose GOD to strike the Land with severe famine, and will break the staff of the bread therefore, take away bread corn from the Nation, the support of human life, GOD is Holy and just all people and Nation must give an account to GOD for their behavior, all unrighteous people and Nation will face GOD condemnation in the day of Judgment, just as GOD will shower the righteous with His loving kindness and mercy, GOD will pour out His holy judgment on all the unrighteous by  sending famine upon it, by causing a drought, restraining rain sending decay, locusts, caterpillars to eat up the fruit of the earth The first case involves people who sin so much that they arose GOD to strike the Land with a severe famine out totally cut the nation’s food supply, and both people and animal starve , when the people of a nation sin enough to cause GOD’S hand of judgment to fall, with such severity, even the most righteous people in society will not be able to save them, when I stretch out My hand and cause it to fall heavily, so much to cause men to feel it, GOD’S hand of judgment, THOUGH THESE THREE MEN NOAH DANIEL AND JOB WERE IN IT Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were delivered from the ruin which who, for their integrity, their  righteousness could not stop GOD’S hand of judgment from falling upon the wicked though these thee men were, Noah who trusted GOD and lived so righteously that GOD delivered him from the flood, GEN.6:9- 29, Daniel trusted GOD and lived so righteously that GOD delivered him from the lion’s den DAN.6:1-28, Job trusted GOD and lived so righteously that GOD delivered him through some of the most horrible suffering Job 1:1, 2:3, even as these three men truly trusted and lived for GOD, their faith and righteousness could save only themselves, they could not save any one else, as we can see in the case of Sodom, where there was none righteous but Lot and his family those just person were saved IF I CAUSE NOISOME BEASTS TO PASS  THROUGH THE LAND The second case involves a people who sin so much that they arose GOD to send an invasion of wild animals evil and hurtful ones; not so much those that are poisonous such as lions tiger, foxes, wolves and bears that are very ravenous and devouring , and especially in a time of famine, make use of lesser creature to do damage to the land, with much danger, having neither men or cattle, corn all being destroyed by evil beast, that no man may pass though because of the beasts, not only the inhabitants of the land should be destroyed and be a desolate place . Though if these three men Noah, Daniel and Job but if all three had been in a land involves a people who sin so much that they arose GOD anger when GOD judges the wicked , is only the  righteous that can be saved in the land, the land and its wicked citizens will still suffer GOD’S hand of judgment
  EZEKIEL 14:17-20 RELATED CHAPTERS  MATTHEW 7:15- 23  MATTHEW 24:11  MARK 13:22  1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2  1 TIMOTHY 1:4-7  1 TIMOTHY 6:3-5  2 PETER 2:1  JEREMIAH 5:31  JEREMIAH 14:14  EZEKIEL 33:6  HOSEA 6:9  ZEPNNAH 3:4	17) Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it 18)Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the LORD GOD they shall deliver neither Sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves 19) Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast 20)Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the LORD GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness	OR IF I BRING A SWORD UPON THAT LAND Or if I bring a sword upon that land, the land which has grievously sinned; GOD He is the LORD of host and hath the militia of all the world in His hand, if the LORD should suffer a foreign enemy to come in among them, and destroy them with the sword , He can raise war, and send enemies to invade the Land, what land soever it be, hereby alluding to us of his overruling power, wisdom , justice, and sovereignty , so that GOD can Cut off men in war, the sword has its commission from GOD, the invading army is from the LORD that the sword go through the land, not  only enter the borders of it, but even go through it, which is terrible indeed and if the LORD bid it to go it must go and punctually obeys his commands so that I cut off man and beast from the land by the sword passing through the land The Righteousness of the GODLY will not Avert the judgment, the threat contained in the preceding word of GOD, that if the idolaters did not repent, GOD would not answer them in any other way than with an exterminating punishment and judgment are supposed to come upon the land and lay it waste that even righteous men such as Noah, Daniel and Job would only save their own souls and not that of the sinners, a people who sin so much that they arose GOD to judge the land through war, when GOD judges the wicked the presence of the  righteous will not stop GOD’S hand of judgment , even if the faith of the righteous is as strong as that of Noah, Daniel and Job, they will not be able to save any one else, not even their own children, only the righteous themselves will be saved The fourth case involves a people who sin so much that they arose GOD to send a plague an epidemic of diseases pestilence as indicating its death-bearing is joined with the blood, by corrupting the blood in slaying great number of persons by diseases as a token of fury and wrath because of their transgression , because of shedding of innocent blood GOD’S arrow that flies from GOD’S bow throughout the land, just again when GOD begins to execute judgment, even those as righteous as Noah, Daniel and job,  will not be able to save anyone other than themselves will be saved, not even their own children, GOD will credit their righteousness only to themselves Since the present generation was so wicked, they could expect nothing but the weightiest of judgments, GOD said He will send four terrifying judgments the sword, famine, wild animals and plague, the people deserved GOD’S judgment because of their horrible wickedness
  EZEKIEL 36:17-18 RELATED CHAPTERS  JOHN 1:12-13  JOHN 3:3  ROMANS 12:1-2  2 CORINTHIAN 4:16-18  2 CORINTHAIN 5:17  EPHESIANS 4:22- 24  PHILLIPIANS 2:13  COLLOSIANS 3:10  TITUS 3:4-7  1 PETER 1:23  1 JOHN 5:1  PSALM 51:10  ISAIAH 40:31  1SAIAH 41:1  JEREMIAH 31:31- 34	17)Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings; their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman 18) Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had  polluted it	The people are guilty of defiling the Holy land, the land abounding with good things rendered it abominable before GOD, and uncomfortable to themselves, by the way of their own choice, their ways and doing wicked way, forsaking the laws, their idolatrous practice despising the counsel ,down through  the centuries , they had broken GOD’S commandments and lived lives that were as filthy as their violence and Idolatry covered the land with blood and image of false gods, because of their sins, he separated them and removed them out of the land, as not fit to be in His presence, nor to live there THEIR WAY WAS BEFORE ME AS UNCLEANNESS OF AREMOVED WOMAN As a woman under a legal pollution was forbidden to come within as one excommunicated , and cut off from the congregrassion , because of some great sin, their filthiness of spiritual whoredom, Wherefore I poured My fury on them, like a mighty flood that carries all before it, for the blood they had shed upon the land; the innocent blood, the blood of righteous  men, that opposed and reproved them for their sinful ways; the blood of the prophets, that were sent to warn them of their idols wherewith they had polluted it , GOD was angry with them, and the effects of His anger were such as made the Land and cities desolate
  2 CHRONICLES 36:15- 21 RELATED CHAPTERS  MATTHEW 23:31- 33  MATTHEW 16:27  JOHN 5:28-29  ROMANS 2:4-6  HEBREWS 2:1-2  1 PETER 1:17  HEBREWS 9:27  HEBREWS 12:25  JEREMIAH 11:11  JEREMIAH 17:10  PSALMS 62:12	JEREMIAH PROPHESY 15) And the LORD, GOD of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on His people, and on His dwelling place 16)But they mocked the messengers of GOD, and despised His words, and misused his prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy 17)Therefore he brought upon them the king of Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary , and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hand 18)And all the vessels of the house of GOD, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and his princes; all these he brought to Babylon 19) And they burnt the house of the GOD, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof 20)And then that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia 21)To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths, for as long as she lay desolate, she kept  sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years	First the people became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD, committing one vile sin after another, instead of being witness for the LORD they followed the shameful, detestable practice of unbelievers, they become false worshipers, they adopted unrighteous lifestyle of immoral, unjust, and lawless way of life, they defile the Temple of the LORD by instituting false worship, they followed the wicked behavior of unbelievers and neighboring nations. And the LORD of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, the  compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hand 18)And all the vessels of the house of GOD, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and his princes; all these he brought to Babylon 19) And they burnt the house of the GOD, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof 20)And then that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia 21)To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths, for as long as she lay desolate, she kept  them, till their was no remedy; or healing of them; there was no reclaiming or recovering of them, no bringing them to repentance, and no pardon for them HE BROUGHT UPON THEM THE KING OF THE CHALDEES NEBUCHNEZZAR When the moral corruption had reached this height, judgment broke upon , them GOD brought upon them ,the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in their sanctuary in the Temple and spared not the young men with the sword , the maiden, the old man and grey-headed, he gave everything into his hand the Lord delivered them into the hand of the King of Babylon, for their sins to be carried captives into Chaldees ALL THE TREASURES OF THE KING AND PRINCE The Vessels of the house of GOD, great and small of the Temple, were carried away to by the soldiers, and the treasure of the king and his prince; which becomes the spoil and booty of the soldiers all brought to Babylon, they burnt the house of GOD brake down the wall, all the pleasant things lay waste , and they that had escaped from the sword carried he away captive, the king of Babylon, or his general by his order, excepting the poor person left to till the land, UNTIL THE LAND HAD ENJOYED HER SABBATHS Until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths, had been neglected by the Jews the Sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbath, which, according to the law of the land, was to rest from being tilled LEVITICUS 25:4, which law had been neglected  by the Jews, and now whether they would or not, the land should have rest for want of persons to till it, the return of every seventh year was to be held as a Sabbatical year, a season of rest to all classes, even the land itself, which was to be followed , this Divine institution, however, was neglected, which conveyed for Divine judgment for as long as the land lay desolate the land kept the Sabbath , or rest, it was now to remain desolate seventy years the prophesy of JEREMIAH 2 CHRONICIL 25:12
  ZECHARIAH 7:8-13 RELATED CHAPTERS  GENESIS 17:9  JOSUAH 1:8  1 SAMUEL 15:22  ISAIAH 58:6-7  MATTHEW 7:21  MATTHEW 22:39  JOHN 13:34-35  ROMANS 12:9  EPHESIAN 5:1-2  1 PETER 1:22	8)And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying 9)Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother 10)And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless,  the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart 11)But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear 12)Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant	OBEDIENCE DEVOTION AND CALL TO DUTY OF BELIVERS The word of the LORD, the LORD issued a clear call to every believer , a call for heartfelt devotion and obedience , substituting empty ritual for heartfelt devotion and obedience, GOD call for  heartfelt devotion which is aimed at judgment were written to warn believers that their practice religious ritual such as prayer fasting, church attendance rules regulation program ,thus hath GOD of hosts spoken, issuing a strong command to His people; they were to administer true justice, they were to treat each other fairly and honestly , justice, however, is not limited to courts of Law, it is to applied to every person, every relationship, and in every situation , which include reframing from wrong doing , lying, stealing, cheating or mistreating one’s neighbor GOD’S people look out for one another and meets each other’s needs, especially the needs of the weaker and more vulnerable member of the society: widows, orphans, immigrant and the poor, which shows  how deeply the LORD cares about justice, The people were to show mercy and compassion to one another involved more than forgiveness, which also means to be loving, kind, and faithful, to show kindness even when others were unkind , being merciful required believers to go above and beyond what is required, to do the right things even when others did not, Compassion meant tender love and concerned, especially to those in need, they are to show deep love and care for one another, the people are not to oppress others but rather to care for the weak, the widows, the orphans , the fatherless and strangers and the poor, GOD cares for the Poor; therefore, He commands His people to do the same, the moral strength of a nation depends on how it treats the weakest the poor and  needy The people were not to plan or think evil against others by extort and bribe, cheat and steal, to exploit and oppress, to do any kind of evil act to take advantage over one another, in most cases, greed was the cause of the people’s plotting of evil, GOD expect us to think the best for people and not the worst, in all we cannot have aright relationship with GOD and mistreat our neighbor the workers, the sick, the elderly, the poor, immigrants and any other persons, the right heart towards GOD causes us to reach out and care for others especially those in need. BUT THEY REFUSE TO HEARKEN AND PULLED AWAY THE SHOULDER But they gave a backsliding and rebellious shoulders , hardened their neck and would no hear, they make heavy their  ears, they reject GOD’S word, they had flagrantly disobeyed GOD’S word and discard His instructions they choose to live the way they wanted, rather than living for GOD THEY MADE THEIR HEART AS AN ADMANT STONE They made their heart as had as a stone, which could not receive cutting or engraving; no message from GOD could find entrance, this is the last sin, obstinacy, they set their heart disobedient , their behavior showed just how obstinate, how utterly stubborn the people had become, they not only reject GOD’S word but also deliberately ignored His warning even when He sent His prophets of the impending judgment , the people had sinned and rebelled beyond the point of repentance, the consequence of the people their disobedience  is catastrophic ; GOD’S fierce anger and judgment fell upon them, once judgment began to fall upon the people, they cried out for the LORD’S help, but GOD did not answer them, they have closed their ears, therefore, GOD closed His ears to them because of their insincere and sinful behavior BUT I SCATTERED THEM WITH A WHIRLWIND The second judgment was that of exile and banishment from the promise land, the LORD raised another Nation’s King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to be His agent of judgment against Israel, all because of the people stubbornness and rebellious, behavior, they were forced to endured a period of exile that lasted seventy years in a strange and foreign land as captives The judgment was that of  the destruction and desolation of the land, and the carry away the inhabitants to Babylon, the LORD pointed out that it had been their stubbornness and their sinful nature made the land desolate , they brought ruin upon themselves, judgment and all the devastation to the LORD’S beautiful and fruitful land became desolate the tragic picture of sin

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