Ezekiel 29:1-21
Proclamation Against Egypt
Ezekiel 30:1-26
Egypt and Her Allies Will Fail
Ezekiel 31:1-18
Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree
Ezekiel 32:1-32
Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit
Ezekiel 33:1-9
The Watchman and His Message
Ezekiel 33:10-20
The Fairness of God’s Judgment
Ezekiel 33:21-33
The Cause of Judah’s Ruin
Ezekiel 34:1-16
Irresponsible Shepherds
Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit
Ezekiel 32:1–32
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I am all too ready to say that the TALIBAN deserve God’s judgment without really thinking twice. I tend to think of them in the same way that I think about SODOM AND GOMORRAH. But did Sodom and Gomorrah really deserve to be judged? Does the Taliban? If I knew that a large c … More
This prophecy was given two months after the news of Jerusalem’s fall had reached the exiles in Babylon. Ezekiel prophesied that numerous judgments would come to many wicked nations. These judgments showed that evil forces are continually being overcome and that one day God will overthrow all. Even the mightiest rulers, like Pharaoh, will fall before God.
In these concluding verses Ezekiel conducts a guided tour of the afterlife. In the grave, all of God’s enemies are condemned in judgment, many of them experience the fate they so quickly imposed on others. No doubt, these words would comfort the captives.
Application
There is so much wickedness in this world that it is easy to think that God doesn’t even notice all the evil that is going on around us. He sees it and will judge it and that is not my job.
Ezekiel 32:1-32 (English Standard Version)
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