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  1. Speech and not silence<\/em>. The sinners request a prophetic word, and are answered. Even rebuke is a sort of communication. And in a relationship, that is much better than the silent treatment.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The lure<\/em>. Who tempted the prophet? Verse 9 has an answer that has challenged commentators and scholars: \u201cit was I the LORD who seduced that prophet.\u201d Check it out.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Who are you – Noah, Dan(i)el and Job?<\/em> Noah, from the Ark – a \u201crighteous man in his generation (Gen. 6). Job, he was: \u201cblameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil\u201d (Job 1 – in 283 chapters). Who was Daniel (as it is read), or Dan\u2019el (as it is written)? Apparently he was another familiar character whose integrity and righteousness were well-known. Researchers identify him with the character Dan\u2019il, a mythic Canaanite righteous judge. Those who read his name Daniel, would like to see him as the main character of the Book of Daniel (the one which begins in another 364 chapters).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. What do Noah and Job have in common<\/em>? Both have a sort of universal identity – not a national one. Both lived through a catastrophe. Neither were leaders involved with a public – but basically dealt with their household. Are there any additional messages? You are invited to come up with more on your own.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The salvation will be completely individual<\/em>. We have already heard in Ezekiel\u2019s prophecy in his vision in Jerusalem (ch. 9) that the expected punishment for Jerusalem will not be collective. Whoever is deemed worthy will be saved from the imminent catastrophe. But this chapter takes the individual rescue a step further. The righteous will be saved by themselves. They won\u2019t even be able to save their own children. In contrast to Noah who was able to save his sons from the Flood on the Ark, and to Lot, who saved his daughters from Sodom and Gomorrah, in Jerusalem, justice will be done on a completely case-by-case basis.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The remnant.<\/em> The righteous will be saved alone. But in addition to them there will also remain an evil remnant. Not because they are deserving, or because the righteous protected them. 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