Day 249 (Ezekiel 31-33) - Year 5
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Tara-Leigh Cobble
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🗓️ 6 September 2023
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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 |
| 0:38.4 | years. |
| 0:39.4 | 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. |
| 0:49.9 | But then in verse 11, God commands it to be chopped down. |
| 0:53.3 | 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. |
| 0:59.0 | 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 will be chopped down too. |
| 1:10.6 | You may have noticed that Assyria 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 |
| 1:24.8 | him specifically. |
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