Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy
Your Mother was a Lioness 
Ezekiel:  Chapters 17 -- 21
Peter Combes –April 14, 2002 
(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.        In his allegory, God compares Judah to: 
                      an eagle
                      a lion
                      a vine
                      a cedar

2.        The puppet king of Judah, appointed by Babylon,......:
                      installed a statue of Marduk in the temple
                      sent ambassadors to Egypt
                      sent the temple vessels to Babylon
                      had Jeremiah arrested

3.        God cancels which theological tenet:
                      the sins of the fathers shall be visited on the children
                      the meek shall inherit the earth
                      though your sins be scarlet, they shall be as white as snow
                      you shall have no other gods before me

4.        A righteous man is defined by how many commandments:
                      seven
                      ten
                      eleven
                      forty

5.        God is pleased when the wicked:
                      turn from their ways
                      are taken into captivity
                      cry out for help
                      are punished

6.       God says that the princes of Judah are taken to:
                      Egypt
                      Babylon
                      Nineveh
                      Tyre

7.       In the allegory, each lion is caught:
                      in a net
                      in a cage
                      in a pit
                      in a cave

8.       When the elders of Israel consult Ezekiel, he accuses them of :
                      incest
                      idolatry
                      infanticide
                      injustice

9.      "Is he not a maker of ------- ":
                      idols
                      armies
                      trouble
                      allegories

10.      The king of Babylon makes military decisions by:
                      praying to Marduk
                      consulting his generals
                      consulting teraphim
                      examining the liver of sacrifices