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🗓️ 6 September 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.3 | Yesterday we left off with God speaking in Oracle against Egypt and Pharaoh. |
0:17.5 | Today we dig into that a little deeper, starting in chapter 31, but it's not evident right |
0:21.6 | off the bat. |
0:22.8 | God is talking to Pharaoh Hofra and the Egyptians, but he spends most of the chapter talking |
0:26.9 | about Assyria. |
0:28.9 | God compares Assyria to the tallest and most significant Cedar tree that has ever existed. |
0:33.7 | And until recently, Assyria was the most powerful nation in the world for approximately 300 |
0:38.6 | years. |
0:39.6 | Then the giant Cedar tree got chopped down by Babylon. |
0:42.8 | In verse 9, God says, I made it beautiful. |
0:46.6 | He's the one who supplied it with water for its growth and abundance, but then in verse |
0:50.6 | 11, God commands it to be chopped down. |
0:52.8 | He brought it to life and he can bring it to an end. |
0:56.2 | Ezekiel tells this story about Assyria for two reasons. |
0:59.1 | A, he wants to illustrate that no nation is indestructible. |
1:03.1 | And B, he wants to let Egypt know that they will see the same end as Assyria. |
1:08.2 | They all be chopped down too. |
1:10.7 | You may have noticed that Assychial has been establishing a bit of a pattern here. |
1:14.7 | After he prophesies about a nation's destruction, he tends to follow it up with a lament. |
1:19.8 | Since chapter 31 prophesies against Pharaoh specifically, chapter 32 is a lament for him |
1:24.9 | specifically. |
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