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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 356

"Her arrogant strength shall cease"

Text: Ezekiel 33:28

DEALING FIRMLY WITH THE REBELS

The Lord had to deal firmly with the arrogant rebels. A grim word of warning is given to them by the Lord through Ezekiel.

“Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘As I live, surely those who are in the ruins
shall fall by the sword,
and the one who is in the open field
I will give to the beasts to be devoured,
and those who are in the strongholds and caves
shall die of the pestilence.
For I will make the land most desolate,
her arrogant strength shall cease,
and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate
that no one will pass through.
Then they shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have made the land most desolate
because of all their abominations
which they have committed.””
Ezekiel 33:27-29

1. Those who live in the ruins.

a) This was the grim reality.

b) The rebels lived in the ruins of the cities of Judah.

c) They had no reason to be arrogant.

2. The fate of the rebels.

a) Some would die by the sword.

b) Others would be killed by wild beasts in the fields.

c) Those who live in strongholds would die by pestilence.

3. The Land of Judah.

a) It had been desecrated and defiled by the sinfulness of the people.

b) The Lord would cause the land to become desolate.

c) The arrogant strength of the rebels would cease.

d) The mountains of Israel would also become desolate.

4. “Then they shall know”

a) This was an oft-repeated phrase.

b) God wanted the rebel to know that it was the Lord Himself who has decreed this.

c) The desolation of the land was a result of the chastisement of the Lord meted out against Judah.

d) This was because of the abominable sins Judah had committed in the land that was given to them by the Lord!