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In chapters 8-11 he shows that the glory of God has to be focused in temple, which represents unity of man and God. In chapter 8 he shows that God doesn't stand those who disobeyed him and who refused from him. It's a clear point in chapter 8: God would never stand rivals (Ezekiel 8:6).

Isaiah and Jeremiah describe sovereignty of God through the subject of paganism and idolatry critics, but their arguments have mainly theoretical basis and lack personal experience. This makes them different from arguments of Ezekiel. Arguments of Isaiah are based on religious rationalism: "God is supreme over all things"(Isa. 40:25, 26), which means that he has to be supreme over people. In Isaiah 48, verses 9 to 11 it's said:

For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, and for My praise I restrain it for you, in order not to cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; for how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another. " God loves His glory and He wants people to glorify Him and be totally submitted to Him. It's quite often a big problem for common people and was a problem faced by Israelites.

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People often question not only God's existence but also His sufficiency, and His abilities.

Criticizing idolatry widely spread in ancient Israel, Jeremiah in his verses about supremacy of God uses elements of sarcastic narration (Jer. 10:1-5), in order to present miserableness and absurdity of paganism.

Daniel shows supremacy of God through mercy and deliverance after full remorse (Dan. 3:19-30):

28: Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."

Making a conclusion I would like to say that major Prophets wanted people to understand that the only way to follow God's law and obey his was to enjoy his sovereignty and to love him. Isaiah writes that "we were created for (His) glory" (Isa. 43:7) Sovereignty is an integral attribute of God's power, which makes him God over everything in the universe.….....

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