Reading for March 6th

Read Ezekiel 33.21-33 In the twelfth year ... in the tenth month ... the fifth day: January 19, 585 BCE. In verses 21-22: The prophet first receives word of the Temple's fall, and now speaks freely. In verses 23-29: Ezekiel counters the claim that the inhabitants of these waste places, desert nomads, will take control of the land. Ezekiel argues that they will be destroyed because they do not observe God's requirements for holy life in the land (Lev 17-18). In verses 30-33: God charges that people come to hear Ezekiel but will not do as he says. Comments or Questions..