821. The Riddle Explained — Ezekiel 17:11-24

821.

Zedekiah's Rebellion   
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Today's Passage: Ezekiel 17:11-24

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Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you for insight.

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21st Strategy.
(And, But, So) the LORD says/said:...

• Open your heart in prayer.
• Ask God to give you wisdom from His Scripture.
• Read the passage.
• Re-read the passage.
• Is the LORD speaking?
• Is He addressing the Israelites? the world? lost sinners? a particular person?
• What is He saying?
• Can you glean insight or wisdom from His words?
• How, when, why?
• What will you do with what you have had laid on your heart today?
• Ask God to give you what you need.
• Trust Him to do just that.
• Remember He listens to his children.

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11. Then this message came to me from the LORD:
12. "Say to these rebels of Israel :
Don't you understand the meaning of this riddle of the eagles? The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took away her king and princes, and brought them to Babylon.
13. He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel's most influential leaders,
14. so Israel would not become strong again and revolt. Only by keeping her treaty with Babylon could Israel survive.

​15. "Nevertheless, this man of Israel's royal family rebelled against Babylon, sending ambassadors to Egypt to request a great army and many horses. Can Israel break her sworn treaties like that and get away with it?
16. No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he disregarded and broke.
17. Pharaoh and all his mighty army will fail to help Israel when the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem again and destroys many lives. 
18. For the king of Israel disregarded his treaty and broke it after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.

19. "So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name. 
20. I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring hims to Babylon and put him on trial for this treason against me. 
21. And all his best warriors will be killed in battle, and those who survive will be scattered to the four winds. They you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.

22. "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take a branch from the top of a tall cedar, and I will plant it on the top of Israel's highest mountain.
23. It will become a majestic cedar, sending forth its branches and producing seed. Birds of every sort will nest in it, finding shelter in the shade of its branches.
24. And all the trees will know that it is I, the LORD, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do what I said!"
Ezekiel 18: 11-24 NLT

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