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- 1. Ezekiel 13:4-5(4) O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
- 2. Ezekiel 13:4-5(5) You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.
- 3. Ezekiel 22:29-31(29) The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.
- 4. Ezekiel 22:29-31(30) I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.
- 5. Ezekiel 22:29-31(31) Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord GOD.
- 6. Ezekiel 26:9-10(9) The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
- 7. Ezekiel 26:9-10(10) Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and wagons
- 8. Ezekiel 26:9-10and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.
- 9. Ezekiel 13:4-5(4) O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
- 10. Ezekiel 13:4-5(5) You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.
- 11. Ezekiel 22:29-31(29) The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.
- 12. Ezekiel 22:29-31(30) I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.
- 13. Ezekiel 22:29-31(31) Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord GOD.
- 14. Israel is pictured as a city in disrepair.
- 15. Those in the gap should be intercessors.
- 17. Those in the gap should be intercessors.An example: Moses
- 18. Psalm 106:23(23) Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, to turn away His wrath from destroying them.
- 19. Those in the gap should be ambassadors.
- 20. 2 Corinthians 5:20(20) Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though Christ were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
- 21. Those in the gap should be ambassadors.An example: Nehemiah
- 22. 1 Samuel 12:23(23) Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
- 23. Standing Where Few Others WillThis week, let us pray,and let us speak.