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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 379

"Concerning the land of Israel"

Text: Ezekiel 36:6

CONCERNING THE LAND OF ISRAEL

Israel may have been chastened severely by the Lord. It may have suffered terribly under the Babylonians, but Israel as a nation had not come to a full end! Ezekiel proclaimed a heart-stirring prophecy concerning the future of Israel

“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel,
and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury,
because you have borne the shame of the nations.’
Therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘I have raised My hand in an oath
that surely the nations that are around you
shall bear their own shame.””
Ezekiel 36:6-7

1. A prophecy concerning Israel.

a) This is a foretelling word.

b) It is God revealing His will for the nation of Israel.

c) Whatever God has decreed, that would come to pass.

d) This was a strong prophetic word of hope for Israel.

2. This word was sent to the personified:

a) Mountains

b) Hills

c) Rivers

d) Valleys

3. When God spoke:

a) In jealousy

b) In fury

c) This was because of the grievous sin of idolatry that Israel had pursued.

d) The result of God’s baneful disposition:

i) Israel was conquered.

ii) It bore much shame from being despised by many nations.

iii) Israel had fallen into dark pits.

4. But God would now deal with the wicked nations.

a) Those who had caused much hurt to Israel.

b) They did much more to Israel than what God had intended.

c) The wicked nations added much grief and pain to Israel unnecessarily.