Ezekiel 21:26

Key Reflection

In Ezekiel 21:26, the prophet addresses Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, as a "deadly wounded wicked one," indicating that his reign was drawing to an end due to his sinful leadership and the approaching judgment from God. The term "time of the iniquity of the end" suggests a period of intense moral corruption leading up to the fall of Jerusalem, which would have been deeply troubling for Zedekiah's subjects who faced imminent destruction under Babylonian rule.