January 28, 2023
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Reading along with us in Ezekiel? Here’s today’s reading:
Ezekiel 19 (NIV)
A Lament Over Israel’s Princes
1“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel 2 and say:
“ ‘What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!
She lay down among them
The pictures in this lamentation seem to symbolize evil kings of Jerusalem that chose to rule outside of the will of God for His people and the destruction it led to for them personally and as a people. He returns to vine imagery and the reminder that when we abide in God we have all we need and produce the fruit of that accordingly but we remember the useless wood of a branch no longer connected to that vine. we need to abide in Him meaning giving all aspects of our life to Him not keeping parts for our own sinful or prideful reasons rendering us useless.
Ezekiel 18
God always has great plans for leaders and what they will accomplish on His behalf. This is even more true of the leaders of His people and how God sought to bless them and the people through them. But alas they looked to other nations and other gods and so they were weakened and silenced. It further reinforces the necessity we have to remain in God’s will and look to Him in all aspects of life.
Ezekiel 19
Ezekiel 19
Ezekiel 19
Jesus makes a similar statement in John 15:5-6 when he says “I am the vine; you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.”
Ezekiel 19
A lamentation for the lioness and her cubs.