SCRIPTURE: EZEKIEL 30
A LAMENT FOR EGYPT (vs. 1-26)
- A sword will come against Egypt. (v. 4)
- The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fall. (v. 6)
- They will be desolate among desolated lands and their cities will be among ruined cities. (v. 7)
- God will set fire to Egypt and crush all her helpers. (v. 8)
- King Nebuchadnezzar will be brought in to destroy the land with swords. (v. 11)
- Streams of the Nile river will dry up and the land sold to evil men. (v. 12)
- Idols and images in Memphis will be destroyed. (v. 13)
- Lands will be laid waste by fire and storms. (vs. 14-16)
- Young men will fall by sword and cities go into captivity. (v. 17)
- Her proud strength will come to an end. (v. 18)
- Both arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt will be broken and the sword will fall from his hand.. (v. 22)
- Egyptians will be dispersed among the nations and scatter through the countries. (v. 23)
- King Nebuchadnezzar’s arm will be strengthen and God will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. (v. 24-25)
THOUGHTS:
Due to the pride and idolatry of the Egyptians, God is breaking Pharaoh’s arm and strengthening Nebuchadnezzar’s arm to give him victory over Egypt and his many allies. The Egyptians will be scattered though the world to many lands.
Pharaoh claimed that they had made the Nile River, but God will dry it up and render it captivity and incapacitated. The land will be handed over to the wicked men.
BIBLE VERSES ABOUT PRIDE:
James 4:6 – “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Proverbs 16:5 – “The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.”
Proverbs 16:18 – Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
1 John 2:16 – “For all that is in the world, the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life – is not from the Father but is from the world.”