Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"Shame will be on every face"
Text: Ezekiel 7:18
THE FEELING OF SHAME
The impact of war would be devastating. Businesses are destroyed. The Temple would no longer exist. The lives of many would be shattered!
“Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains
Like doves of the valleys,
All of them mourning,
Each for his iniquity.
Every hand will be feeble,
And every knee will be as weak as water.
They will also be girded with sackcloth;
Horror will cover them;
Shame will be on every face,
Baldness on all their heads.”
Ezekiel 7:16-18
1. The survivors of the war with Babylon.
a) Many would die.
b) But there would be survivors.
c) These fled to the mountains.
i) The Babylonians would not bother to search for them.
ii) They would have achieved what they came to do.
iii) They had destroyed the Capital and captured many as prisoners.
2. A candid appraisal of the survivors.
a) They are compared to frightened doves of the valley.
b) They would be mourning all the time.
c) They would mourn mostly because they had realised that their iniquity had caused the destruction of their nation.
d) They had chosen to forsake God and worshipped idols instead.
3. Their mourning would reflect the degree of their losses.
a) Hands and knees would be characterised by feebleness.
b) They would lament in sackcloth.
c) Horror would be felt by all.
d) Shame would cover their face.
e) One of the cruel acts done to Israel would be shaving the head bald.
i) This was insulting.
ii) It was humiliating.
iii) It was degrading.