Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"I will pour out My indignation on you"
Text: Ezekiel 21:31
JUDGMENT ON THE AMMONITE NATION
Moab and Ammon were siblings. They were the sons of Lot. Unfortunately, they became sinful and resentful of Israel. They were perpetual enemies. The Lord had shown much mercy to the Moabites and Ammonites. But they were determined to follow their own wicked ways. In this text, the Lord declared that He would put an end to the Ammonite nation! It would cease after the Babylonians conquered them!
“Return it to its sheath.
I will judge you
In the place where you were created,
In the land of your nativity.
I will pour out My indignation on you;
I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath,
And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skilful to destroy.
You shall be fuel for the fire;
Your blood shall be in the midst of the land.
You shall not be remembered,
For I the Lord have spoken.”
Ezekiel 21:30-32
1. Where did the Ammonites live?
a) They were located East of the River Jordan.
b) It was near Gilead, in the land of Manasseh.
c) It is called Jordan today.
2. The Lord had declared His judgment against the Ammonites.
a) He would pour out His indignation against Ammon.
b) God will blow on the nation with His fiery wrath.
c) He will deliver Ammon into the hands of the Babylonians.
i) The Babylonians were skilful at war.
ii) They were brutal in their ways.
iii) They would put an end to the Ammonites.
3. The end of the Ammonites,
a) They would only be fuel for the fire.
b) Their blood would be shed copiously in their own land.
c) Their fate would be worse than that of Israel.
d) Ammon would be remembered no more.
i) They would not only be destroyed.
ii) The memory of the Ammonite nation would not be remembered any more.