“You (Jehu)
shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My
servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the
hand of Jezebel.” (v.7)
Historians
tell us that Jezebel was one of the world’s most beautiful women. She was also
however, one of the most wicked. Here in chapter 8, fourteen years after her
husband Ahab was killed, we find Jezebel living in luxury and in ease.
She must
have felt that the word of the LORD, spoken by the prophet Elijah (1 Kings
21:23) did not apply to her. For upon hearing the news that Jehu had arrived in
Jezreel, (after killing the house of Ahab as ordered in our text), she put on
makeup and did her hair (v.30), no doubt thinking she could seduce Jehu with
her beauty. However at the word of Jehu, her own servants threw her out the
balcony window and she died (vv.32-33).
Today,
there are many ungodly people in our world committing brutal acts of murder,
torture, rape and blasphemy. And we wonder, what’s going on? How long will this
continue? Why do they seem to get away with it all?
Like Jezebel, their time
will come!
The Truth
“Vengeance is Mine, I will
repay,” says the Lord. (Romans 12:19)
