by Rick RidingsWatch the video, or read the transcript below.
Hello, this is Rick Ridings coming from Succat Hallel in Jerusalem with an urgent prayer alert. Within the last hour, President Trump announced at the NATO summit, which we have been praying for, that he would not fall into their traps or nets.
He announced at that summit that the ceasefire with Iran and the memorandum of understanding are completely over and that they have begun major attacks on Iran. Israel has also begun major attacks on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
We believe that, as sad as this is on one hand, it is what we’ve been praying: that if Pharaoh was not going to repent, if those with the Pharaoh spirit in the Iranian regime and its proxies would not repent, then the Lord Himself would arise against them, that He would deal with that Pharaoh spirit all the way down.
Jeremiah 49 Prophecy: God’s Word Over Israel and Iran
The Scriptures we’ve been praying over and over for the last months. I just want to pray right now from here in Jerusalem. If you could join in with us.
First of all, we declare over Israel today, as Prime Minister Netanyahu is meeting with Secretary of State Rubio, that nothing will come forth from the United States or any other power that would hinder Israel from doing what it is called to do at this time, which is to arise and to thresh.
We proclaim according to Jeremiah 30:8: “In that day,” declares the Lord Almighty, “I will break the yoke off their necks.”
He is speaking of Israel. That yoke, “I will tear off their bonds,” that which would hinder their hands from moving. “No longer will foreigners enslave them.”
So we declare that no nation will enslave Israel. No nation will put a yoke upon it. No nation will put bonds that would tie up their hands. We declare freedom for Israel to do what it needs to do and what it is called to do in this time.
You, Lord, know what You want them to do and how to do it, and we believe You to speak that into Prime Minister Netanyahu’s mind and heart, what Israel needs to do at this time.
Jeremiah 49: A Prophecy Concerning Elam
Concerning the Iranian regime, we continue proclaiming Jeremiah 49:35–39, where God speaks to Elam, which was the royal provincial capital where Shushan was, where Queen Esther was called by the Lord along with Mordecai as intercessors, and where Haman’s evil plan originated.
Haman was an Amalekite descendant, and we see that same Amalekite spirit coming against Israel today in an attempt to destroy it.
God says over Elam and I believe by extension to modern-day Persia, Iran: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.'”
There may be different layers of meaning to that. Patricia felt the Lord showed her very strongly during one of our prayer watches that the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might was Hezbollah, and that if Hezbollah were brought down, their last great strength would be removed.
So, Lord, we believe You to deal not only with the Iranian regime but also with its proxies like Hezbollah.
“I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter them to the four winds, and there will not be a nation where Elam’s exiles do not go.
I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek to kill them. I will bring disaster on them, even My fierce anger,” declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.”
Once again, God gives many opportunities to repent, just as He did with Pharaoh. He was patient and gave opportunity after opportunity to repent.
Opportunity has also been given to the Iranian regime, but they have shown their true colors through the attacks of the past several days upon ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Then He says: “I will set My Throne in Elam.”
So we thank You, Lord. We are not only uprooting, but we are also planting. The Throne represents government. The pillars of Your Throne are righteousness and justice.
We believe You, Lord, that You will sovereignly overthrow this evil regime that appears impossible to overthrow, and that You will set Your Throne there.
Raise up and give a government to the people of Iran that, while not perfect for there will never be a perfect government until You return, Yeshua will genuinely seek righteousness, justice, and truth.
“I will set My Throne in Elam,” declares the Lord, “and destroy her king and officials.”
All those who obey the prince of Persia, if they do not repent, we declare that they will be destroyed, declares the Lord.
Yet God’s heart for Iran and its people is revealed in the closing promise: “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to come,” declares the Lord.
So we pray, Lord, for Your great mercies upon the people of Iran, who have been so oppressed by this evil regime, and upon the people of Lebanon, who have suffered under the oppression of the Hezbollah terror group.
We believe You, Lord, to restore their fortunes, to do a great miracle, to tear down that evil oppressive work, and to bring forth governments that pursue righteousness and justice.
Isaiah 30 and the Fall of Oppression
Now I’ll end with one last Scripture that we’ve been proclaiming over and over, Isaiah 30:12–14.
“Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: Because you have rejected this message” meaning the Scriptures, the message of God, the message of salvation “you have relied on oppression and depended on deceit…”
That is a perfect description of the Iranian regime and its proxies.
“This sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly in an instant.”
So we declare: let this evil wall of oppression which is already cracked and already bulging, already weakened from within collapse.
Let the hammer of the Word of the Lord come. We pray, Lord, hasten the day when it collapses suddenly in an instant.
May it “break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”
In other words, as Psalm 2 declares, He comes with His rod of iron, shatters these evil systems like a clay pot, and sets the people free.
A Prayer for Freedom Across the Middle East
We say: let My people in Iran go free. Let My people in Lebanon, and throughout the Middle East who have been ruled by oppressive terror groups, be set free to worship the Lord.
May Your name be exalted and glorified not the name of a man, not the name of a nation, but Your name, Lord God Almighty, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Lord of the armies of Heaven.
May Your name be exalted, and may the name of Your only begotten Son, Jesus, Yeshua the Messiah, be lifted up over all the Middle East.
In the name of Yeshua we pray.
Amen.