Today, I am reading and commenting on  Ezekiel 17-19.

Today’s passage begins with an allegorical parable (are there any other kind?) about Judah’s last king.  He then explains the meaning of the parable.  Ezekiel explains that if King Zedekiah had honored his oath to the king of Babylon, God would have caused him to prosper.  However, because Zedekiah broke the covenant which he made with the king of Babylon, God will allow him to die in Babylon without an heir.  Extending the allegory, Ezekiel says that God will  take a shoot from the same stock which Babylon had selected a plant a tree which would tower over the earth.  This is clearly a prophecy about God’s Messiah offering hope for those about to see the destruction of Jerusalem.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.