Ezekiel 29: Fishing for Pharaohs

What happens when the most powerful ruler in the ancient world claims credit for God's creation? "The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself," boasted Pharaoh—and God's response was swift and metaphorically rich: "I'll put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish sticking to your scales." Ezekiel 29 delivers one of Scripture's most vivid pictures of divine judgment as we explore God "fishing for Pharaohs." This remarkable prophecy against Egypt reveals both God's sovereign...