Tyre and Sidon
Day 417, Thursday, Oct. 2
Ezekiel Chapters 27 – 28
Today’s reading is mostly about the punishment of the city of Tyre. It is one of the most ancient cities in the world and still exists in modern-day Lebanon. It and the nearby city of Sidon (which also still exists) are on the Mediterranean Sea south of Beirut.
In biblical times it was an important and wealthy seaport, and its destruction is attributed by Ezekiel to its pride. In 28:17 we read, “Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor.”

-Rev. Mark Fleming

Thursday meditation

Job 41:12-24
“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form. Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor? Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn. Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth. Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.

Prayer focus
God, protect us from the sin of pride.