Ezekiel 21 & 22 – The harm that can come when you tell the people what they want to hear. 2019

The false prophets of that day were encouraging the people in their unbeliefs. They told the people that they didn't need to worry about changing their ways and turning to Elohim's Torah. They claimed that the Israelites were a special people blessed by Elohim and He wouldn't follow through with His promises of destruction. They were telling the people what they wanted to hear.

Keep in mind the hope that was proclaimed in the last chapter. Elohim promised to regather the people to the land.

Ezek. 20:37-40

Elohim proclaimed that the people of Israel would be regathered into the land that had for so long been completely desolate and is now lush like the Garden of Eden.

Ezek. 36:24-36

In chapter 21, Ezekiel makes it very clear that the king of Babylon is going to remove the last king from the Davidic line until Messiah returns.

At the time described at the beginning of chapter 22, Nebuchadnezzar's army is marching toward Jerusalem to execute the judgment of Elohim. The people in captivity still believed that Elohim would not totally destroy His people and His Holy City, and He would definitely not destroy His Holy Temple. The Temple once held the very presence of Elohim Himself. They thought that surely He would stop Babylon.

The false prophets of that day were encouraging the people in their unbeliefs. They told the people that they didn't need to worry about changing their ways and turning to Elohim's Torah. They claimed that the Israelites were a special people blessed by Elohim and He wouldn't follow through with His promises of destruction. They were telling the people what they wanted to hear.