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the Doom of the House of Ahab
2Ki 10:1-11
What an iconoclast was this Jehu! Before his strong hand the whole structure of Baal-worship received its death-blow. And as we meet Elijah’s name in this chapter, connecting him with these events, we turn back to the story of Horeb, with its solemn words: “And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.” God has many nets, and if the fish escape one set of meshes, they will be caught by another-none shall finally escape. “Everyone shall give an account of himself to God.” See 2Ki 10:10.
It is a searching thought! Because men escape one judgment, they count themselves immune; but it is not so. He that escapes Hazael shall meet Jehu. “As if a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him,” Amo 5:19. “There shall fall unto the earth nothing… which the Lord spake,” 2Ki 10:10. “How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation,” and trifle with such a God, whose love is as searching as His chastening wrath? Jer 16:16-17.