At the beginning of this scene, the Lord established Ezekiel as a “watchman” for the Israelites. “Ezekiel had already been commissioned as a ‘watchman’ (Ezek. 3:17), but God renewed this commission because Ezekiel’s message was being changed to one of future cleansing of the people and hope for their return…
Not quite two years after the previous section addressed to Pharaoh, the Lord called Ezekiel to write a lament for Pharaoh. The lament he wrote served as a song to mourn the death of Egypt and its people.1 Again, Ezekiel used several words to describe Egypt’s destruction to convey there…
Ezekiel wrote this prophecy against Egypt’s Pharaoh less than a year after his words against the ruler in chapter 29. He reflected on Egypt’s status before the Lord’s judgment to come and compared it to Assyria, also a major kingdom. This chapter is a contrast between being exalted and lifted…
In the previous chapter, God’s words turned toward Egypt. Within the prophesy, we read God would strike Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar’s hand. Ezekiel continued to emphasize that by God’s actions toward Egypt, they—the nations—would know I AM is the Lord. Read Ezekiel 30:1-5. The day of the Lord, a day of…
In chapter 29, Ezekiel returned to one of his favorite themes, then [they] will know I AM the Lord. This section refers to Egypt—if they knew their history, they would remember how I AM delivered his people hundreds of years earlier. Read Ezekiel 29:1-6. The Lord called Ezekiel to prophesy…