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"I made you thrive like a plant in the field"

Text: Ezekiel 16:7

HELPING ISRAEL IN THE EARLY DAYS

The Lord gave a very different perspective of Israel in this text. Israel was a struggling infant. The period we read about may well be in the days of the Judges. Survival was not very certain. There were so many enemies and without the Lord’s mercy, Israel would have died.

“And when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood,
I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’
Yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’
I made you thrive like a plant in the field;
and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful.
Your breasts were formed, your hair grew,
but you were naked and bare.”
Ezekiel 16:6-7

1. Struggling in your own blood.

a) This is a reference to the infant nation of Israel.

b) When a baby is born it is naturally covered in blood.

c) The Lord saw infant Israel struggling in its blood!

2. The Lord’s word to Israel.

a) It was just one word “Live!”

b) It was repeated.

c) Israel lived as the Lord had so declared.

3. Growth of the nascent country.

a) Israel grew out of infancy.

b) The nation was compared to a plant that grew well.

c) It was a healthy and thriving plant.

d) Israel was past the days of the Judges.

4. Israel was compared to a beautiful girl.

a) Israel had grown up well.

b) It had become mature physically.

c) The blessings of the Lord were not bestowed in vain.