siege day

In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day."

Ezekiel 24:1-2

God said it would come

a day when the holy city would fall

Nothing could stop it from

happening... God decreed destruction for all

as the armies surrounded

God's judgment horn sounded

A rebellious house would pay

for leaving faith with her Lord

all the justice the prophets did say

would be fulfilled by God's Word

the sword would swing on that day

and judgment came without delay

Babylon was the refining fire

Jerusalem a cooking pot

God set His people on the pyre

as His judgment burned fiery hot

a broken covenant avenged to show

that God was always Who they should know

Siege Day came at God's appointment

so that His people His power would see

and  Babylon's sword in  murderous judgment

purged away the sin, and then in mercy

some escaped death led captive

so that in Babylon they would repent and live