Yechezkel ch.31 - Trees and Rivers

Egypt is compared to the beautiful but vain cedar tree of Assyria, sitting by the river, dominant, verdant and proud. But, God says, Egypt will fall just like the "tree" of Assyria was felled. The river will not help the tree. This prophecy associates the riverlands of Egypt and Mesopotamia with Eden, but the great bounty offered by the rivers also engender a spirit of arrogance. In this podcast we contrast the land of Israel, dependent as it is on rain, fragile and vulnerable; with the secure economies of Egypt and Sedom; whose cultures are domineering and exploitative.