Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

Your Mother was a Lioness 

Ezekiel:  Chapters 17 -- 21

Peter Combes –April 14, 2002

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(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.        In his allegory, God compares Judah to: 
  1. an eagle
  2. a lion
  3. a vine
  4. a cedar
2.        The puppet king of Judah, appointed by Babylon,......:
  1. installed a statue of Marduk in the temple
  2. sent ambassadors to Egypt
  3. sent the temple vessels to Babylon
  4. had Jeremiah arrested
3.        God cancels which theological tenet:
  1. the sins of the fathers shall be visited on the children
  2. the meek shall inherit the earth
  3. though your sins be scarlet, they shall be as white as snow
  4. you shall have no other gods before me
4.        A righteous man is defined by how many commandments:
  1. seven
  2. ten
  3. eleven
  4. forty
5.        God is pleased when the wicked:
  1. turn from their ways
  2. are taken into captivity
  3. cry out for help
  4. are punished

6.       God says that the princes of Judah are taken to:

  1. Egypt
  2. Babylon
  3. Nineveh
  4. Tyre
7.       In the allegory, each lion is caught:
  1. in a net
  2. in a cage
  3. in a pit
  4. in a cave
8.       When the elders of Israel consult Ezekiel, he accuses them of :
  1. incest
  2. idolatry
  3. infanticide
  4. injustice
9.      "Is he not a maker of ------- ":
  1. idols
  2. armies
  3. trouble
  4. allegories
10.      The king of Babylon makes military decisions by:
  1. praying to Marduk
  2. consulting his generals
  3. consulting teraphim
  4. examining the liver of sacrifices