Read Ezekiel 29:17-21
What a big jump! Now we’re in the 27th year of the exile. Our last reading about Egypt was recorded seventeen years prior to this one which finally speaks of how God’s power will be revealed against the mighty Egypt. You’ll have to adjust your mind just a bit as Ezekiel “fast forwards” into the future. This one message is injected into the order of Ezekiel’s prophecies for a reason. I think it’s to tie everything together for us.
After our last reading, we had no way of knowing when or how God would bring about his judgment. Interesting that Egypt’s downfall would benefit Israel’s oppressor, the one God had given authority to destroy Jerusalem. How would the people who escaped that downfall by being held in exile feel when Egypt fell to the very same powerful king as a reward. Continue reading “Ezekiel 29:17-21 – Years Later . . .”
