The Fowler of Retribution: God's Net Upon the Proud
"I will spread My net upon them; I will bring them down as fowls of the heaven." So declares Yahweh through Ezekiel of Israel fleeing...
This is historical examples on divine judgment and consequences of pride, drawing on Ezekiel 6:12.
"I will spread My net upon them; I will bring them down as fowls of the heaven." So declares Yahweh through Ezekiel of Israel fleeing to Egypt and Assyria for help in their difficulties. The work of retribution operates as a fowler's craft—precisely, inexorably. First comes entrapment. The retributive providence of God employed the Assyrians as a net so thoroughly ensnaring the Israelites that escape became impossible.…
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