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"They put him in a cage with chains"

Text: Ezekiel 19:9

A CAPTIVE OF BABYLON

Babylon had defeated Judah in a previous war. Zedekiah was made a vassal king under Babylon. But he rebelled against Babylon (2 Kings 24). Nebuchadnezzar decided that he would destroy Judah.

“Then the nations set against him
from the provinces on every side,
And spread their net over him;
He was trapped in their pit.
They put him in a cage with chains,
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in nets,
That his voice should no longer be heard
on the mountains of Israel.”
Ezekiel 19:8-9

1. The Babylonian army.

a) It was made up of many nations.

b) The different nations obeyed Nebuchadnezzar as their overlord.

2. They laid a terrible siege against Jerusalem (2 Kings 25).

a) There was terrible shortage of food.

b) Finally the city wall of Jerusalem was breached.

c) Zedekiah was well and truly trapped.

i) The young lion was captured.

ii) There was no escape.

iii) He was trapped, as a lion that has fallen into a deep pit.

3. The treatment given to Zedekiah.

a) He was caged as if he was nothing more than an animal.

b) He was brought to face the king of Babylon.

4. The roar of the young arrogant lion.

a) It would be heard no more.

b) He was a trapped animal that would be slain.

c) Zedekiah would be the last king of Israel.