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"I will recompense on his own head"

Text: Ezekiel 17:19

BREAKING OF AN OATH

When Zedekiah broke the covenant with Babylon, he had not factored in the Lord’s part. God was not in his heart and mind at all. This was a strong word of rebuke to Zedekiah concerning the breaking of the covenant.

“Therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘As I live, surely My oath which he despised,
and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head.
I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare.
I will bring him to Babylon and try him there
for the treason which he committed against Me.
All his fugitives with all his troops shall fall by the sword,
and those who remain shall be scattered to every wind;
and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.'”
Ezekiel 17:19-21

1. The making of a covenant.

a) An oath is sworn.

b) The name of God is invoked.

c) A covenant treaty cannot be merely set aside.

2. The moral and spiritual element.

a) The name of God is taken in vain.

b) His name cannot be taken lightly.

c) Zedekiah had not just broken the covenant with Babylon.

d) The oath and the covenant were made in His name.

e) Zedekiah was adjudged guilty of breaking his word to the Lord!

f) He will be recompensed duly.

3. A net and a snare.

a) He would be caught.

b) He would be sent to Babylon and tried for treason.

c) The act of treason was seen as against God Himself.

4. The supporters of Zedekiah.

a) His troops supported him.

b) There were other schemers who encouraged him.

c) They would also be punished severely with Zedekiah.

i) Some would be slain by the sword.

ii) Others would be scattered fleeing for their lives.

5. The Lord had spoken

a) This was His decree.

b) All that He had declared would be fulfilled.