Jeremiah 51:1-58
Dear RTB’ers,
The destruction of Babylon. As with yesterday’s post, today we have a number of references to Israel and Judah, even more than yesterday. See Jeremiah 51:5-6, 10, 11b, 19, 34-36a, 45, 49, 50-51. God makes it clear that Babylon is being judged for what they did to Israel:
The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for His temple.
Jeremiah 51:11b
Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, just as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
Jeremiah 51:49
We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for foreigners have come into the holy places of the LORD’s house.
Jeremiah 51:51
Lest there be any question as to Who is in charge:
It is He Who made the earth by His power,
Jeremiah 51:15-16
Who established the world by His wisdom,
and by His understanding stretched out the heavens.
When He utters His voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
and He makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
and He brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Babylon has fallen.
Blessings.
See also: July 21 (2023) / Jeremiah 50-51 (again).
It is indeed the LORD Who is in charge — yesterday, today, and forever.