Ezekiel 24-28
The tough words keep rolling like water over a falls.
Ezekiel 24 contains a double whammy! Whammy One: Jerusalem, with its temple and palaces, is besieged by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians. Ezekiel compares it to a cooking pot or boiling pot. It is about to implode under the stress. There will be cannibalism and bloodshed in the streets. Whammy Two: at the same time, Ezekiel’s wife dies. Just as God has taken away the delight of Ezekiel’s eye’s, so has God taken away Jerusalem, the delight of the eyes of God’s people.
The only respite from these tough words comes when, in chapters 25-28, the wrath of the Lord turns against the proud idolatrous nations surrounding Israel: Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, and Tyre. Many of these nations whooped for joy over the demise of Jerusalem. In each instance, God warns them of their own downfall.
Chapters 26-28 are exclusively directed toward Tyre, the pride of the Mediterranean. All through these hard words, God reiterates the truth: pride goes before the fall!
Where is the hope? It’s coming!
Your fellow pilgrim through the Prophets,
Pastor Gary
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