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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
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Day 312

"I will gather the Egyptians"

Text: Ezekiel 29:13

WONDERFUL MERCY OF THE LORD

The Lord God promised to show mercy to the land of Egypt. He would not obliterate Egypt altogether. He would not annihilate the ancient nation.

“Yet, thus says the Lord God:
‘At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians
from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
I will bring back the captives of Egypt
and cause them to return to the land of Pathros,
to the land of their origin,
and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.'”
Ezekiel 29:13-14

1. The chastisement period.

a) This was for forty years.

b) Egypt would suffer desolation.

c) It would become weak and powerless.

2. At the end of 40 years.

a) The Lord would gather the Egyptians who were scattered.

b) This is an expression of great mercy on the Lord’s part.

3. The scattered Egyptians.

a) They would be captives in foreign lands.

b) They would be refugees.

c) They would suffer great humiliation.

4. Ancient Egypt.

a) It was also described as:

i) Upper Egypt (Pathros)

ii) Lower Egypt (Matsor)

b) The rescued Egyptians would return to Pathros.

c) This was the original land of Egypt.

d) Upper and Lower Egypt was called Mizraim by the ancient Hebrews.

e) Egypt would be a lowly kingdom after the chastisement from God.