EZEKIEL 21

BABYLON HEADED TO ATTACK JERUSALEM

God speaks through Ezekiel, warning the people of Jerusalem that God’s judgment is coming. Comparing God’s wrath to a sword, God will cut off all people of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel is given permission to grieve with a broken heart, mourning for the destruction of Israel. God has been extremely patient and merciful towards the Israelites, but the time has come for God’s fury to be satisfied.

Ezekiel is instructed to make a signpost for a divided highway, one path leading to the Ammonites and the other leading to Jerusalem. At this parting in the road, Nebuchadnezzar uses divination and household idols to decide which path to take and heads towards Judah to attack Jerusalem with battering rams.

God explains that the people of Judah will be taken into Babylonian captivity and Jerusalem will be turned to ruins.