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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 275

"It shall become plunder for the nations"

Text: Ezekiel 26:5

TYRE WOULD BECOME PLUNDER

Tyre prided itself in achieving many things. They had a strong economy. It possessed great wealth. The daughter villages were also well protected. Tyre did not believe that anything could go wrong!

“‘It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea,
for I have spoken,’
says the Lord God;
‘it shall become plunder for the nations.
Also her daughter villages which are in the fields
shall be slain by the sword.
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.'”
Ezekiel 26:5-6

1. God’s forewarning was given clearly.

a) In the form of prophecy.

b) Ezekiel the prophet would pronounce God’s judgment on Tyre.

2. The enemies of Tyre were the Babylonians.

a) They would set up nets to capture Tyre.

b) Tyre was a well-known maritime power.

c) But the nets set up would result in Tyre’s capture.

3. Tyre would become:

a) Plunder for the enemies.

b) All the wealth that Tyre had accumulated would be taken away.

c) Tyre’s defense system would not be able to fend off the Babylonians.

4. Daughter villages.

a) These were outposts of Tyre.

b) One famous daughter was Carthage, Africa.

c) Tyre would not be able to offer suitable defense.

d) The daughter villages would succumb to powerful attacks by the Babylonians.

5. The sovereignty of the Lord.

a) Tyre would learn about the might and majesty of God.

b) The maritime nation would acknowledge the sovereign power of God.