From c702d1cbae6b61ff9db01949abf451db0cd6a54c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:24:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 16:30-43 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_16:30-43.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_16:30-43.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_16:30-43.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_16:30-43.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab5149f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_16:30-43.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 16:30–43" +date = "2023-04-12" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel16.30-43) + +"How sick is your heart" (_v. 30_) is a fitting beginning to this passage. +There is no rational explanation for why someone would behave the way this +queen did. But sin never does make sense in God's economy. The momentary +pleasure it gives is never worth the cost we have to pay eventually. Jerusalem, +however, takes it even further. She has been doing the deeds of a prostitute, +but instead of being paid for them, she is the one giving gifts to her lovers. + +One might expect that there would be gratitude for these gifts, but God has +something else in mind. He will gather together all of those who have defiled +the marriage bed of Jerusalem, and they will enact the punishment upon her. The +public stripping and stoning were common punishments for prostitutes and +adultresses in Israel, though the Lord is certain to make sure that everything +about her abominable deeds will torn down and destroyed so that it can never +happen again. + +* * * + +Your wrath against sin cannot be denied.