“Pharaoh will see them
And be comforted over all his multitude,
Pharaoh and all his army,
Slain by the sword,”
Says the Lord God. v.31
Read chapter 32
This chapter closes the series of prophesies of foreign nations who were either allies or enemies of Israel. Its a chapter of lamentation, sorrows, of what the famous and prestigious Pharaoh would become. The chapter closes with saying that Pharaoh will be comforted over his multitude that had gone down with him, destroyed. This comfort isn't really a comfort we desire but a sad state of who you got to join you in your destruction to not be alone, it's a fantasy comfort- not real. Pharaoh is comforted by others receiving the same end as he does- death, going down to the pit, what's comforting about that? "Come see the destruction of human life." Humans die fast enough, why gloat over ways to make it even faster to destroy one another?
How often do people take down others with them? Why is that a false comfort yet the fantasy of it seems real in the moment? When have you felt comforted in a selfish pity party only to regret later of who you hurt?
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