Post by Woody Williams on Jun 28, 2007 7:26:40 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Ezekiel 32:1-8
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In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the
month, the word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, raise a lamentation
over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:
You consider yourself a lion among the nations,
but you are like a dragon in the seas;
you thrash about in your streams,
trouble the water with your feet,
and foul your streams.
Thus says the LORD GOD:
In an assembly of many peoples
I will throw my net over you;
and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
I will throw you on the ground,
on the open field I will fling you,
and will cause all the birds of the air to settle on you,
and I will let the wild animals of the whole earth gorge
themselves with you.
I will strew your flesh on the mountains,
and fill the valleys with your carcass.
I will drench the land with your flowing blood
up to the mountains,
and the watercourses will be filled with you.
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens,
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
All the shining lights of the heavens
I will darken above you,
and put darkness on your land,
says the LORD GOD.
Devotional
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This is a prophecy against Egypt. The Pharaoh considers himself a
lion but is really a fish God will net and display before the
nations. Later in the prophesy Ezekiel says that Babylon will
overcome Egypt as an instrument of God against these people. The
prophets of Israel often prophesied against other nations as well as
their own, because the kings often tried to make alliances with other
nations for protection rather than trusting in God.
Prayer
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Help me trust in you alone, O God, and serve in your will. Amen
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In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the
month, the word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, raise a lamentation
over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:
You consider yourself a lion among the nations,
but you are like a dragon in the seas;
you thrash about in your streams,
trouble the water with your feet,
and foul your streams.
Thus says the LORD GOD:
In an assembly of many peoples
I will throw my net over you;
and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
I will throw you on the ground,
on the open field I will fling you,
and will cause all the birds of the air to settle on you,
and I will let the wild animals of the whole earth gorge
themselves with you.
I will strew your flesh on the mountains,
and fill the valleys with your carcass.
I will drench the land with your flowing blood
up to the mountains,
and the watercourses will be filled with you.
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens,
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
All the shining lights of the heavens
I will darken above you,
and put darkness on your land,
says the LORD GOD.
Devotional
----------
This is a prophecy against Egypt. The Pharaoh considers himself a
lion but is really a fish God will net and display before the
nations. Later in the prophesy Ezekiel says that Babylon will
overcome Egypt as an instrument of God against these people. The
prophets of Israel often prophesied against other nations as well as
their own, because the kings often tried to make alliances with other
nations for protection rather than trusting in God.
Prayer
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Help me trust in you alone, O God, and serve in your will. Amen