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"I will bring a sword upon you"

Text: Ezekiel 29:8

WAR WOULD COME TO EGYPT

War was not unknown to Egypt. The land had seen war again and again. There were internal wars where factions fought for control of Egypt. There were wars with foreign nations. Egypt was a powerful nation in the region. Many smaller nations had to pay tributes to Egypt. Thus, Egypt became prideful in its ways!

“Therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘Surely I will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.
And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste;
then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said,
‘The River is mine, and I have made it.””
Ezekiel 29:8-9

1. A solemn word.

a) This came from the Lord God.

b) He would chastise Egypt for its arrogance.

2. A sword against Egypt.

a) In many wars, Egypt had emerged victorious.

b) In the war to come, Egypt would suffer defeat.

c) Man and beast would suffer and die.

3. The aftermath of the war to come.

a) Egypt would become:

i) Desolate

ii) Wasted

b) The defeat would be great.

c) It would be humiliating for the nation.

3. The reason for this humbling defeat.

a) Egypt claimed that it made the River Nile.

b) Rather than accept that the River Nile made Egypt.

c) Pharaoh’s claim:

i) To be the Maker of the River Nile.

ii) To be the Master of the River Nile.

4. The Lord God.

a) He is the Creator of heaven and earth.

b) He is the Master of the River Nile.

c) This was a truth that Egypt would be forced to learn and to admit.