I never tire of reading the fascinating endings people in the Bible encountered. Queen Jezebel met a particularly grisly end—tossed from an upstairs window, trampled by horses and left for the dogs to eat.

Her death fulfilled this prophecy spoken by Elijah years earlier: Dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh. Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the ground…so that no one will be able to say, “This is Jezebel.”

Jezebel ended up as stinking piles of dog sh*t discharged around town, just like the Lord promised. Be careful where you walk—don’t step in Jezebel!

Now that’s a bad end.

Jezebel murdered the prophets of Yahweh and introduced the nationwide worship of Baal and Asherah. Think of her as a person who, along with her husband Ahab, turned the hearts of millions of people from the one true God to a pack of devils. Few in the Bible, and even the history of the world, match her evil.

The infinitely creative God made a seriously nasty object lesson out of Jezebel. I learn from her story that turning people away from the Lord toward the father of lies carries massive consequences. Sadly, some engage in the same work today.

Remember, God is not mocked. Pray for their change of heart before they meet a fate similar to Jezebel’s.

2 Kings 9 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

The Death of Jezebel by Gustave Doré, 1866