READ IT! - Introduction to Ezekiel 27-33

Readings for this week

Monday: Ezekiel 27
Tuesday: Ezekiel 28
Wednesday: Ezekiel 29
Thursday: Ezekiel 30
Friday: Ezekiel 31
Saturday: Ezekiel 32
Sunday: Ezekiel 33

Introduction to Ezekiel 27-33

Chapters 27-32 

Chapters 25-32 are made up of Ezekiel’s oracles against the nations. 

Lament for Tyre:

Of oaks they made your oars. Tarshish, Dedan, Judah and Damascus traded with you. Now you are wrecked by the seas.

To the king of Tyre:

You were perfect in Eden. You became proud. I cast you to the ground. There will be no more thorns for Israel."

To Sidon:

You will be judged!

To Egypt:

I am against you, Pharaoh, the great dragon. Egypt will never again rule the nations. Nebuchadnezzar will carry off its wealth. A sword will come upon Egypt. Those who support her will fall. Nebuchadnezzar will destroy the land. I will break Pharaoh's arms. Assyria was a cedar. It towered above the trees. Its heart was proud. Foreigners have cut it down. This is Pharaoh and his hordes.

Lament for Pharaoh:

You are a dragon in the seas. The sword of Babylon will come upon you. Elam and Edom are laid with the slain. You were an unreliable ally! God will take you down into Sheol where Assyria, Elam, and Edom are waiting to greet you.

Chapter 33 

In chapters 33-39, Ezekiel declares God’s promise of restoration to his people. God appointed Ezekiel as a “watchman” over the city. A watchman kept watch for signs of the enemy and warned the people of any threat or attack. Ezekiel was responsible to warn the people of their sin before God judged them for it.