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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 341

"All of them slain, fallen by the sword"

Text: Ezekiel 32:23

THE MIGHT OF ASSYRIA

Egypt and her allies gathered to battle Assyria. The armies on both sides were formidable. The soldiers were prepared to give of their best for their countries. Who would emerge victorious? It is the Lord who would decide the outcome of any battle.

“Assyria is there, and all her company,
With their graves all around her,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword.
Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit,
And her company is all around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who caused terror in the land of the living.”
Ezekiel 32:22-23

1. Assyria

a) The Assyrians were led by a mighty ruler.

b) Their soldiers were battle-hardened.

c) They were hungry for more victories.

d) They had already established a sprawling empire.

e) They were seeking to expand further.

2. The victory

a) Assyria defeated the Egyptians.

b) They were superior in many ways.

c) But most of all, the Lord had already determined that He would punish Egypt for its wicked ways.

d) God was the ultimate reason for Assyria’s victory over the Egyptians.

e) The Egyptians were duly chastised by God.

3. The aftermath of war

a) Many were slain.

b) Many fell to the sword of the Assyrians.

c) Innumerable graves were dug to bury the dead.

d) The grave was described starkly as “the Pit”.

4. The Egyptians

a) In the past, they caused terror.

b) The Pit absorbed the multitudes who perished.

c) There was now a sobering silence in Egypt.

d) The multitude of allies of Egypt had nothing to celebrate for great was their loss.