Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"Doom has gone out"
Text: Ezekiel 7:10
A DESCRIPTION OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
Once again, the LORD gave to Ezekiel a glimpse of the destruction that would take place. It was truly a day of doom.
“Behold, the day!
Behold, it has come!
Doom has gone out;
The rod has blossomed,
Pride has budded.
Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness;
None of them shall remain,
None of their multitude,
None of them;
Nor shall there be wailing for them.”
Ezekiel 7:10-11
1. Judgment had been forewarned.
a) Many had not taken heed.
b) They did not expect the degree of destruction that they would see.
c) It was doom’s day!
2. The rod of wickedness.
a) It had blossomed.
b) It had budded.
i) Once a branch (“rod”) had budded.
ii) It would follow its natural growth pattern.
iii) The rod of violence would bring forth more acts of wickedness.
3. Results of wickedness.
a) Violence would ensue.
b) Suffering would be caused.
c) Death would come in its wake.
d) Many would die.
i) Few would survive.
ii) So many would die that people no longer mourn for the dead.
iii) They are numbed and inured.