Day 175: April 16, 2026 – Ezekiel 31-35 and Psalm 64

We begin our reading with Egypt being targeted as a country that has disobeyed and so will enter into the “pit” along with the rest of the countries who thought that they could defy the Lord and not have to take him into consideration. There is not only the warning to Egypt that this was happening, but also a listing of all the other countries who found themselves buried in the pit because they were mocking the Lord. There is an interesting caveat that we don’t see in other place in Scripture where we read that the Lord would change his mind, that God would stay his actions if the nation were to repent and turn from their ways. There is a bit of a soliloquy there that explains rationally why God would change if people changed, and why God would stay on track for destruction if the people pursue their evil ways. Not always a way in which I would think God would act, based upon our actions. The sovereignty of God is called a bit into question in this way of thinking.