Ezekiel 19 - Praying God's Word

Please read Ezekiel 19.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/eze/19/1/s_821001

Meditate on verse 1. 

"As for you, take up a lamentation

 for the princes of Israel.”

The LORD told Ezekiel to lament the last four kings of Israel. Their reigns were evil, and God used the Babylonians to severely punish them (2 Kings 23:28-25:30). In the lament, these kings were called lions, but instead of reigning victoriously, some were caged and hauled to Babylon as if they were beasts (v. 9).

Can you imagine the weeping as the Israelites and their leaders were taken in three consecutive waves to Babylon, and the Davidic promise of an everlasting kingdom seemingly died with each shackled step? But wait—

One of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping; behold,

 the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David,

has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."

—Revelation 5:5

Jesus Christ, the eternal King of kings and LORD of lords, reigns supreme! And while it appeared there would no longer be a scepter to rule Israel (v. 14), hear these Words of the LORD:

But of the Son He says, "Your throne, O God,

 is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter

 is the scepter of His Kingdom.”

—Hebrews 1:8

Perhaps you or someone you love is in the midst of a lamenting time.  Use the words from Ezekiel 19:12-14 to appeal to the Lion of Judah as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, ___________ and I were plucked up in fury

and cast down to the ground.  The east wind dried up our fruit;

our strong branch is torn off so that it withered

 and fire consumed it.  And now we are planted in the wilderness,

 in a dry and thirsty land.  So we turn to You, our Strong Branch.

Let Your scepter rule in our lives, LORD Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell