[:en]SCRIPTURE: JEREMIAH 50
“See, I am against you. O arrogant one,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty, “for your day has come, the time for you to be punished. The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her.” (Jeremiah 50:31-32)
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go. Yet their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name. He will vigorously defend their cause so that he may bring rest to their land, but unrest to those who live in Babylon” (Jeremiah 50:33-34)
A MESSAGE ABOUT BABYLON
God spoke his word through Jeremiah concerning Babylon as follows:
- They will be defeated by the Persians and the nation will be put to shame (vs. 2-3)
- Babylon will be plundered (v. 10)
- Their land will be completely desolate (v. 13)
- They will be left with no remnants (v. 26)
- Young men will fall in the streets and her soldiers silence (v. 30)
- A sword will be against the Babylonians, her officials, false prophets, warriors, treasures, horses and chariots (vs. 35-37)
- Their land will dry up (v. 38)
- It will never be inhabited (v. 39)
- The pastures will be completely destroyed (v. 45)
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL?
- The people of Israel and Judah will go in tears to seek the Lord (vs. 4-5)
- No guilt will be found in Israel and no sins in Juda, for God will forgive the remnant (v. 20)
- God will defend their cause and bring rest to the land (v. 34)
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