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Day 32 Ezekiel 30 Ezekiel 30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. 6 Thus says the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, says the Lord GOD. 7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it comes. 10 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. 15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Does it seem like everything is against you? You get out of one crisis to find yourself in another. You’re almost afraid to tell someone what’s happening, because all they hear from you is one problem after another. You wonder when will it end. God told Ezekiel he would bring his judgment against Egypt. He would come against specific cities. Those cities were the cities Judah fled to when the Babylonian army was coming against Judah. God also told Ezekiel it would be the day of the heathen. God would use a heathen nation, who did not worship him, to bring his judgment on his people in Egypt, and carry them into captivity. God didn’t stop there. He also said he would come against the Egyptians. He would break Pharaoh’s arms. The arms signify strength. He would break the strength of Egypt and Egypt would never regain her former power, and they too would be scattered to the nations. As Christians, you know God will do whatever it takes to get your attention. Consider where you were when you accepted Jesus as Savior and Lord. What were you doing at the time? When you pray for your loved ones who don’t know the Lord yet, what do you pray? Isn’t it – Whatever it takes to bring your loved one to God, to Jesus your Savior so they can know the love he has for them just as you do? God’s sole purpose in his judgments was so the people would know he is LORD. That’s what we ask God to do to for our loved ones. Just as God doesn’t want anyone to perish, so too, you don’t want to see any of your loved ones perish without God. God will make himself known by whatever means possible. When you pray for your loved ones, pray believing they will see God’s salvation and accept him and his Son, Jesus, as Savior and Lord. Pray for a tender heart to accept him before they have lost everything, and the only thing they can do is look up. Pray they look up at the beginning of their trouble and not when they’ve lost everything. It isn’t God’s will to bring judgment on anyone. However, your actions will bring about his judgment. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (KJV) Let God work in your life today for your good, and watch God bless you. Let’s pray: Father, you know what’s best for me, and what it will take for me to hear your voice. Give me a tender heart to know your will for me, so I do not come under your judgment. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen. Copyright © 21 January 2018 by Valerie Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay