Day 249 (Ezekiel 31-33) - Year 6

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Tara-Leigh Cobble

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🗓️ 5 September 2024

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0:00.0	Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.
0:07.0	Yesterday we left off with God speaking an Oracle against Egypt and
0:16.5	Pharaoh. Today we dig into that a little deeper starting in chapter 31, but it's
0:20.8	not evident right off the bat. God is talking to Pharaoh Hofra and the Egyptians,
0:25.0	but he spends most of the chapter talking about Assyria.
0:28.0	God compares Assyria to the tallest and most significant Cedar tree that has ever existed.
0:33.2	And until recently, Assyria was the most powerful nation in the world for
0:36.9	approximately 300 years.
0:38.8	Then the giant cedar tree got chopped down by Babylon.
0:42.0	In verse 9, God says, I made it beautiful. He's the
0:46.7	one who supplied it with water for its growth and abundance. But then in verse 11, God
0:51.5	commands it to be chopped down.
0:53.2	He brought it to life and he can bring it to an end.
0:56.0	Ezekiel tells this story about Assyria for two reasons.
0:59.2	A, he wants to illustrate that no nation is indestructible. And B, he wants to let Egypt know that they will see the same end as Assyria. They'll be chopped down too.
1:10.0	You may have noticed that Ezekiel has been establishing a bit of a pattern here.
1:14.1	After he prophesies about a nation's destruction, he tends to follow it up with a lament.
1:19.0	Since Chapter 31 prophesies against Pharaoh specifically.
1:23.0	Chapter 32 is a lament for him specifically.
1:26.6	Pharaoh thinks of himself as a lion, an apex predator among all the nations.
1:31.6	But God says he's not very self-aware. He's more like a water dragon,
1:35.3	which is the same imagery God used for him in chapter 29. And God reiterates his
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