This has been a very powerful day of reading for me.
First, how powerful was the part where God said that even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in Jerusalem, they could not save it, but they themselves would be saved. More powerful was the part that even their children could not be saved from the punishment that was coming. This reminds us of Sodom and Gomorrah. What a powerful statement that Jerusalem had become so wicked that it was worse than Sodom!
Secondly, I had not remembered the story in Ezekiel where God compares Israel to an abandoned child that he found and rescued. She grew with His help and became beautiful. He entered into a covenant relationship with her (married her) and gave her fine cloths and shoes, fine food and drink, perfumes, gold jewelry and a crown. She became beautiful and renowned with God's care. Then God says that she gave herself away to any one that would look at her. She used all of the good things that God had given her to build and worship idols. She was worse than a prostitute, because she refused pay, but instead chased after all of her lovers (other nations) throwing all of her wealth at them like a starved for love, depraved, lewd degenerate. How very hurt God was by all of this! This is so powerful to me, because it tells me that we can really hurt God when we are unfaithful to Him. Let us ever be careful to really be true to him.
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