Day 246:Ezekiel 22-23

In chapter 22 it says that God will make Jerusalem an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.  I wonder how these others viewed them.  I can't imagine it did much to point them towards God.  But then again at this stage in history, I think it was all about Israel.

A strong image of God's refining furnace and calling the people dross.

Wow.  Chapter 23 is a powerful allegory for what Jerusalem and Samaria had been doing and how God viewed it.