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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
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Day 333

"I will therefore spread My net over you"

Text: Ezekiel 32:3

THE NET OVER EGYPT

God would personally see to the defeat of the Pharoah and Egypt. The Lord would spread His net over Egypt and cause it to be captured.

“Thus says the Lord God:
‘I will therefore spread My net
over you with a company of many people,
And they will draw you up in My net.
Then I will leave you on the land;
I will cast you out on the open fields,
And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.
I will lay your flesh on the mountains,
And fill the valleys with your carcass.'”
Ezekiel 32:3-5

1. A hunter’s net.

a) God will raise up hunters against Egypt.

b) These hunters would draw Egypt into the net.

c) Egypt would not be able to escape from this net that God Himself has made.

2. The battle of Carchemish.

a) There was an epic battle between the Babylonians and the Egyptians.

b) The Babylonians thoroughly humiliated the Pharaoh and Egypt.

c) Egypt was literally laid bare in the open fields.

i) It was mortally wounded.

ii) Predators and scavengers pounced on a writhing and helpless sea monster.

iii) All the beasts devoured what remained of Egypt.

d) The carcass of Egypt.

i) It was spread in the mountains.

ii) It was found also in the valleys.

e) Egypt no longer wielded great power after the Battle at Carchemish (605 BC).