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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
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Day 334

"Darkness upon your land"

Text: Ezekiel 32:8

DARK DAYS FOR EGYPT

The use of imagery was employed strongly to describe the punishment that God would inflict on Egypt. This was a word of warning that God gave to Egypt.

“‘I will also water the land with the flow of your blood,
Even to the mountains;
And the riverbeds will be full of you.
When I put out your light,
I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
And the moon shall not give her light.
All the bright lights of the heavens
I will make dark over you,
And bring darkness upon your land,’
Says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 32:6-8

1. A great toll of lives.

a) The word “blood” was used effectively.

b) The land of Egypt would be watered by the blood of the Egyptians.

c) The River Nile would usually overflow and flood the land.

d) This imagery was now applied to describe the land of Egypt which would be flooded with Egyptian blood.

i) The riverbeds would be covered with blood.

ii) The mountains would also be covered with the blood of the Egyptians.

2. The idols of Egypt.

a) The Egyptians worshipped many idols.

i) The sun deity was called Ra (or Re).

ii) The moon deity was called Khonsu (or Khons).

b) God would deal with these idols.

c) The Lord would cause these luminaries to not shine.

d) Great darkness would be felt by all.

e) This was a symbolic description of the dark times that would befall Egypt.

f) The country would be plunged into economic despair when the country is defeated by Babylon.