"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? Have no fear, for like Jezebel, their time will come!
The Truth: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. (Romans 12:19)
