2 Kings 9:30 – 37 “Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?”
And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu.
So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
WICKEDNESS NEVER PAYS!!! For years, Jezebel has been parading around the palace, being as mean as possible to everyone. Nobody has dared to cross Jezebel; after all, not only is she the queen but she is also a very powerful witch. Nobody wants to die from one of Jezebel’s curses. But today things are going to change! Having disposed of Joram and Ahaziah, Jehu is now entering Jezreel. Feeling quite secure, Jezebel paints her face, puts on her hair ornaments, and then comes to an upstairs window to reproach Jehu. But today things are different. As Jezebel approaches the window, she fails to notice that several eunuchs who work in the palace have come up behind her. If Jezebel notices these men at all, she probably assumes that they are simply coming to gawk at Jehu. Surely, Jezebel has nothing to fear from these insignificant weaklings!
But Jezebel has made a bad assumption. After years of threats and abuse and untold beatings, these eunuchs are spoiling for revenge. When Jehu calls out, “Who is on my side? Who?” these men come to the window. As soon as Jehu orders them to throw Jezebel down, they do so with the greatest of pleasure. Jezebel’s body hits the walls on the way down and then splatters onto the courtyard, spooking the chariot horses. The horses rear and then trample back and forth over Jezebel’s body, reducing it to a bloody pulp.
Jehu goes on in to eat and then decides to send servants to bury whatever is left of Jezebel. But the scavenger dogs that roam the city have already accounted for most of Jezebel’s body. All that is left of this proud Sidonian sorceress is her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. The dogs have devoured everything else. When the servants return to Jehu to inform him of the condition of Jezebel’s body, Jehu recognizes that these results are the fulfillment of Elijah’s prophecy over Jezebel.
APPLICATION: There are some gory passages in the Bible, but this is one of the goriest. Why has God allowed such a description to stand for thousands of years? Yesterday, we quoted Galatians 6:7: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Jezebel spent her entire life serving demons, never repenting even though she had so many opportunities. Jezebel viewed repentance as a sign of weakness, something those feeble Israelites needed but that she obviously did not need. The demons were leading Jezebel down into an ever – deepening abyss, and she was enthusiastically following them.
In the end, Jezebel suffered one of the most appalling fates possible. To be eaten by dogs or scavenging birds was shameful. For there to be nothing left of a body to bury was equally shameful. In the end, it was Jezebel who chose her own fate, dying by the same kind of violence she had meted out to others.
We face choices at every turn daily. And daily, we have the opportunity to choose to serve God or to turn away from Him to please only ourselves. Will we choose to serve God and choose the path of life, or will we choose to turn away, choosing spiritual death?
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and for caring for us. Lord, help us to continue to choose to follow You all the days of our lives. Help us to follow hard after You all the days of our lives. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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