Daily Devotions
Zechariah
"I will shake My hand against them"
Text: Zechariah 2:9
THE CONQUESTS BY THE NATIONS
Israel was conquered and destroyed by the Assyrians (722 BC). Judah was defeated by the Babylonians (586 BC) and went into captivity for seventy years. This was a time of great humiliation and suffering for the LORD’S people. There were many needed lessons that had to be learned the hard way!
THE DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL
Israel may have been ignominiously defeated and exiled. But the Lord refused to make a complete end of His people (Jeremiah 5:18). He would cause them to return to their homeland.
THE ANGER OF THE LORD AGAINST THE NATIONS
The Lord was against the nations that inflicted great affliction against Israel.
“For surely I will shake My hand against them,
and they shall become spoil for their servants.
Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me.”
Zechariah 2:9