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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 315

"I have given him the land of Egypt"

Text: Ezekiel 29:20

THE LAND OF EGYPT GIVEN AWAY

Egypt believed that it created the River Nile and that no nation would ever be able to conquer them. This was their arrogance and they could not be more wrong.

“Therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage;
and that will be the wages for his army.
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour,
because they worked for Me,’ says the Lord God.
‘In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth,
and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst.
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.'”
Ezekiel 29:19-21

1. “Thus says the Lord God”

a) The Lord is Sovereign over all nations.

b) He made a divine decree.

c) Egypt would be given to Nebuchadnezzar.

2. What Nebuchadnezzar would do.

a) He will take away the wealth of Egypt.

b) He will carry off much spoil.

c) He will pillage the land.

d) These would be the wages for his army.

3. The horn of Israel.

a) Egypt would be destroyed.

b) But God would cause Israel to spring up.

c) The imagery of “the horn”.

i) It is the symbol of power.

ii) Animals have horns to protect them from predators.

iii) God will cause Israel to have horns to protect themselves.

4. God will speak to His people Israel.

a) God will speak to His people again.

b) He will lead them through the divine words given by the prophets.

c) Thus, Israel would know afresh that the Lord is their true God:

i) Merciful

ii) Faithful

iii) Powerful