Judgment
on Babylon
Jer
50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and
against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
The
word...
The 90th and last prophecy in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 50:1-51:64. Jer.
50:1-12, 18, 50:21-38, 50:41-46; 51:1-4, 51:9-25, 51:27-35, 51:38-61
fulfilled; Jer. 50:13, 50:19-20, 50:39-40; 51:5-8, 51:26, 51:36-37,
51:62-64 unfulfilled).
דָּבָר
dāḇār
A
masculine noun meaning word, speech, matter. This frequent word has a
wide range of meanings associated with it. It signified spoken words
or speech (Gen. 11:1; Isa. 36:5; Jer. 51:64); a command or royal
decree (Est. 1:12, 1:19); a report or tidings (Exo. 33:4); advice
(Jdg. 20:7); poetic writings of David (2Chr. 29:30); business affairs
(1Chr. 26:32); a legal cause (Exo. 18:16); the custom or manner of
activity (Est. 1:13); and something indefinite (thing, Gen. 22:16).
Most important was the use of this word to convey divine
communication. Often the word of the Lord signified the revelation
given to prophets (2Sam. 7:4; Jer. 25:3; Hos. 1:1). Similarly, the
Ten Commandments were literally called the ten words of the Lord
(Exo. 34:28; Deut. 4:13).
that...
אֲשֶׁר
’ašer
This
word functions as (a) a relative pronoun meaning which, who, that or
(b) a conjunction meaning that, because, so that, as, so that. The
use of the word is determined by its function in the sentence in
which it is used. Its basic usage: (a) a relative pronoun (Gen. 21:2;
Deut. 1:22; Isa. 5:28; Hos. 3:1); a relative pronoun with a
preposition prefixed (Gen. 21:17; Exo. 5:11; 33:12); or with nouns
placed before ’ašer
in the construct or of
state, e.g., Gen. 39:20, "The place where the king's prisoners
were confined."
the
Lord spake...
יְהוָֹה
yehōwāh
A
noun meaning God. The word refers to the proper name of the God of
Israel, particularly the name by which He revealed Himself to Moses
(Exo. 6:2-3). The divine name has traditionally not been pronounced,
primarily out of respect for its sacredness (cf. Exo. 20:7; Deut.
28:58). Until the Renaissance, it was written without vowels in the
Hebrew text of the Old Testament, being rendered as YHWH. However,
since that time, the vowels of another word, ’aḏōnāy,
have been supplied in hopes of reconstructing the pronunciation.
Although the exact derivation of the name is uncertain, most scholars
agree that its primary meaning should be understood in the context of
God's existence, namely, that He is the "I AM THAT I AM"
(Exo. 3:14), the One who was, who is, and who always will be (cf.
Rev. 11:17). Older translations of the Bible and many newer ones
employ the practice of rendering the divine name in capital letters,
so as to distinguish it from other Hebrew words. It is most often
rendered as LORD (Gen. 4:1; Deut. 6:18; Psm. 18:31,32; Jer. 33:2;
Jon. 1:9) but also as GOD (Gen. 6:5; 2Sam. 12:22) or JEHOVAH (Psm.
83:18, 19; Isa. 26:4). The frequent appearance of this name in
relation to God's redemptive work underscores its tremendous
importance (Lev. 26:45; Psm. 19:14,15). Also, it is sometimes
compounded with another word to describe the character of the Lord in
greater detail (see Gen. 22:14, Exo. 17:15; Jdg. 6:24).
spake...
דָּבַר
dāḇar
A
verb meaning to speak, to say. God told Moses to tell Pharaoh what He
said (Exo. 6:29). It can mean to promise (Deut. 1:11). When used with
the word song, it can mean to sing or chant (Jdg. 5:12). The word can
also mean think, as when Solomon spoke in his heart (Ecc. 2:15). In
Jeremiah, it means to pronounce judgment (Jer. 1:16). This verb also
refers to speaking about or against someone (Mal. 3:13) or someone
speaking to someone else (Mal. 3:16). It is closely related to the
Hebrew noun dāḇār.
against...
אֵל
’ēl,
אֶל
’el
A
preposition meaning to, into, concerning. It has the basic meaning of
toward. It is used in all kinds of situations indicating direction
(Gen. 2:19; 16:11; 18:7; Lev. 1:16). It is used metaphorically to
refer to speaking to someone (Gen. 8:15) or sexual intercourse (Gen.
16:2; Num. 25:1). It indicates direction when things face each other
(Num. 12:8). Its use in the idiom hinneni
’ēl indicates motion toward (Gen.
4:8). Other meanings according to context are: as far as (Jer. 51:9);
into (Jon. 1:5); to sit at (Gen. 24:11; 1Kgs. 13:20). Used
figuratively, it can mean with regard to something (2Sam. 1:24). When
used with other prepositions, it indicates direction or location
according to the preposition it is being combined with (Jos. 15:13;
17:4; 1Kgs. 8:6; 2Kgs. 9:18).
It
is used in place of or interchangeably for the preposition ‛al
and takes on the meaning of upon, on (Jos. 5:14; Jdg. 6:37).
Babylon...
בָּבֶל
bāḇel
A
proper noun designating Babel or Babylon, a name meaning confession
and the name of the foreign power most often mentioned in the Old
Testament, Babylon. Its beginnings go back to Nimrod, a mighty
warrior and hunter but also a founder of cities and city-states (Gen.
10:8-12). At Babel the languages of the world became mixed and
separated (Gen. 11:9), and there great towers (ziggurats) were built
to approach the gods as humankind deemed necessary. God stopped the
building of these towers of hubris (Gen. 11:5-8), where humankind
tried to gather together as one (Gen. 11:1-2). It was a part of the
Assyrian Empire for a while (2Kgs. 17:24, 17:30). The Neo-Babylonian
Empire, founded by Nabopolassar (626 B.C.) is often mentioned in the
prophets (Isa. Jer., Eze., Dan., Mic., Zech.). Its greatest king,
Nebuchadnezzar, ruled nearly 43 years and is the topic of much of the
Book of Daniel (Dan. 1:1; 2, 3, 4). The Babylonians under
Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took Judah into exile in 587/6
B.C. (2Kgs. 25:1-28; Jer. 52:3-34). Isaiah the prophet especially
denounced the idolatry of Babylon (Isa 40-66). Israel was exiled in
587/6 to Babylon for seventy years in fulfillment of both the prophet
Moses' and Jeremiah's prophecies (Deut. 28; Jer. 25:1-14). They
returned in 538 B.C. under Cyrus, king of Persia (2Chr. 36:20-23;
Ezra 1:1-3; Zec. 2:7, 11).
the
land...
אֶרֶץ
’ereṣ
A
noun meaning the earth, land. It is used almost 2,500 times in the
Old Testament. It refers to the whole earth under God's dominion
(Gen. 1:1; 14:19; Exo. 9:29; Psm. 102:25, 26; Prov. 8:31; Mic. 4:13).
Since the earth was God's possession, He promised to give the land of
Canaan to Abraham's descendants (Gen. 12:7; 15:7). The Promised Land
was very important to Abraham's descendants and to the nation of
Israel that possessed the land (Jos. 1:2, 1:4). Israel's identity was
tied to the land because it signified the fulfillment of God's
promise to Abraham. If the Israelites were disobedient, however, they
would be cursed by losing the land (Lev. 26:32-34, 26:36, 26:38-39;
Deut. 28:63-64; Jer. 7:7).
of
the Chaldeans...
כַּשְׂדִּים
kaśdiym
A
proper noun designating Chaldean, Babylonian:
A.
The gentilic name of the inhabitants of a city Babylon and area
Babylonia located in southern Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River. The
city's ancient ruins are located ca. 50 miles south of modern
Baghdad, Iraq. The term Chaldeans is also rendered as Babylonians in
various translations. (see e.g., 2Kgs. 24:2 in NIV and textual note
there). Isaiah called the people of Babylon Babylonians or Chaldeans
(Isa. 13:19). The city of Babylon and the subsequent kingdom of
Babylon or Babylonia were founded by Nimrod, the famous descendant of
Cush and his father Ham (Gen. 10:6-10). The land of Shinar (Gen.
11:1-2) is the location where the Tower of Babel was constructed, and
Daniel deftly places the exiles of Judah in the land of Shinar (Dan.
1:1-4). Abraham was called out from among the Chaldeans living in Ur
(Gen. 11:31; 15:7). The Neo-Babylonian Empire (626-539 B.C.) played a
major role in the Old Testament, and its greatest ruler was a
Chaldean king (Ezra 5:12). The nation and its people were subject to
scathing invective prophecies from the Lord's messengers (e.g., Jer.
50:1-51:64).
B.
A technical use of the word Chaldeans kaśdiym
in Hebrew refers to a group of priestly people who were given to the
study of the heavenly bodies (Dan. 2:2). They were often consulted by
kings and leaders for advice. Their presence in Babylonia in the time
of Nebuchadnezzar is confirmed.
C.
A use of the word to refer to the nation or land of Chaldea, Babylon
(Jer. 50:10; 51:24, 51:35).
by...
יָד
yāḏ,
יַד
אַבְשָׁלוֹם
yaḏ
’aḇšālôm
A
feminine noun meaning hand, strength. This word frequently appears in
the Old Testament with literal, figurative, and technical uses.
Literally, it implies the hand of a human being (Lev. 14:28; Jer.
36:14) and occasionally the wrist (Gen. 38:28). Metaphorically, it
signifies strength or power (Deut. 32:36; Isa. 37:27); authority or
right of possession (Gen. 16:9; 2Chr. 13:16); location or direction
(Num. 24:24; Psm. 141:6); the side of an object (1Sam. 4:18); a
fractional portion of the whole (Gen. 47:24; Neh. 11:1). In a
technical sense, the word is used to identify the upright supports
for the bronze laver (1Kgs. 7:35-36); the tenons for the Tabernacle
(Exo. 26:17); and an axle (1Kgs. 7:32-33).
Jeremiah...
יִרְמְיָה
yirmeyāh,
יִרְמְיָהוּ
yirmeyāhû
A
proper noun designating Jeremiah:
A.
A great prophet of Judah who prophesied 626-586 B.C. The meaning of
his name is difficult, but it seems to mean "the Lord raises up"
or "the Lord loosens," which fits his task-to prophesy the
rising and/or falling of nations. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest
(Jer. 1:1-6). He prophesied to Judah, warning them to submit to God's
servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, or be taken into exile
(Jer. 25:1-38). He prophesied the Lord's word under Josiah on through
the debacle of Jehoiakim's reign and Zedekiah's reign, the last king
of Judah. He continued to prophesy in a context in which he was
harassed and threatened by both the people of Judah and their leaders
and by false prophets, such as Hananiah (Jer. 26-28).
He
counseled and prophesied submission to Babylon. He charged the people
and nations with breaking the covenant (Jer. 11) but gave them a hope
of a New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34). He described the seventy-year
exile they would undergo (Jer. 25) but also a glorious return (Jer.
25:12 ff; 25:30-34).
He
dictated a second version of his prophesies to Baruch his scribe
after Jehoiakim burned an earlier draft (Jer. 36). He poured out
oracles of judgment on the nations (Jer. 46-52), but he counseled
Israel to circumcise their hearts (Jer. 4:4) to the Lord. His
prophecies unheeded, he himself went into a forced exile in Egypt,
where he uttered some concluding prophecies (Jer. 42-44).
B.
The father of Hamutal, mother of Zedekiah (2Kgs. 24:18).
C.
A Gadite who joined David while he was fleeing Saul; he was an army
official or commander (1Chr. 12:10).
D.
A family head of Manasseh who lived east of the Jordan River (1Chr.
5:24).
E.
A leader of a group of Benjamites who defected to David while he was
fleeing Saul; they were superb warriors (1Chr. 12:4).
F.
A leader of a group of Gadites who followed David, not Saul; he was
an army leader (1Chr. 12:13).
G.
A priest who returned under Zerubbabel and Jeshua. The head of a
priestly family (Neh. 12:1).
H.
A leader of Levites who supported Nehemiah's covenant of renewal; he
helped in the dedication of the wall (Neh. 10:2).
the
prophet...
נָבִיא
nāḇiy’
A
masculine noun meaning a prophet, a spokesman. The meaning is
consistently one of prophet and inspired spokesman. Moses was the
greatest prophet of the Old Testament (Deut. 34:10) and the example
for all later prophets. He displayed every aspect of a true prophet,
both in his call, his work, his faithfulness, and, at times, his
doubts. Only Abraham is called a prophet before Moses (Gen. 20:7).
Moses
received a call from God to speak His words and perform a specific
task (see Exo. 3:4, 3:10; 4:17, 4:29; 5:1) with the promise that the
Lord would be with him and help him accomplish it (see Exo. 3:12,
3:20; 4:12, 4:14-16). He responded, though reluctantly (see Exo.
3:11, 3:13; 4:1), and God did what He had said He would do (see Exo.
6:1; 14:30-31; 40:34, 40:38). Moses' prophetic voice spoke to Israel
of the past (see Deut. 1-3), the present (see Deut. 4:1; 26:18), and
the future (see Deut. 31:20-22), as would every major prophet after
him. This pattern, or much of it, is found in the case of every true
prophet (see Isa. 6; Jer. 1; Eze. 1-3; Hos. 1:2; Amos 7:14-15; Jon.
1:1). All the true prophets stood in the counsel of God to receive
their messages (see 1Kgs. 22:19; Jer. 23:22; Amos 3:7).
This
word describes one who was raised up by God and, as such, could only
proclaim that which the Lord gave him to say. A prophet could not
contradict the Law of the Lord or speak from his own mind or heart.
To do so was to be a false prophet (Jer. 14:14; 23:16, 23:26, 23:30).
What a prophet declared had to come true, or he was false (Deut.
18:22; Jer. 23:9).
The
noun is found parallel to two other words meaning a seer, a prophet
(ḥōzeh,
rō’eh
1Sam. 9:9; 2Sam. 24:11), which tends to
stress the visionary or perceptive aspects of a prophet's
experiences. There were "sons of the prophets," a phrase
indicating bands or companies of prophets, "son" in this
case meaning a member (1Kgs. 20:35; 2Kgs. 2:3, 2:5; 4:1). Kings
sometimes had a group of prophets around them (1Kgs. 22:22; 2Chr.
18:21-22). Prophets were designated from Israel (Eze. 13:2, 13:4);
Samaria (Jer. 23:13); and Jerusalem (Zeph. 3:4). In an unusual
development, David set aside some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and
Jeduthun to serve as prophets. Their prophesying was accompanied with
musical instruments and possibly was brought on and aided by these
instruments. This phenomenon is described mainly in the book of 2
Chronicles (see 2Chr. 20:14; 29:30). Evidently, Zechariah, the
priest, also prophesied in that era. But Moses himself desired that
all God's people have the Spirit of God on them, as did the prophets
(Num. 11:29).
The
90th Prophecy in Jeremiah
130
Predictions—Fulfilled:
1.
Babylon will be taken (Jer. 50:2).
2.
Bel will be confounded.
3.
Merodach will be broken in pieces.
4.
The idols of Babylon will be broken.
5.
Out of the north will come a nation against her (Jer. 50:3).
6.
They will make her land desolate, and none will dwell therein.
7.
Both man and beast will depart.
8.
In those days the children of Israel will return to their land
together with the children of Judah (Jer. 50:4).
9.
They will go weeping back to their own land, seeking the Lord.
10.
They will ask the way to Zion with their faces thither-ward (Jer.
50:5).
11.
They both houses of Israel will say, Come, let us join ourselves to
the Lord in a perpetual covenant that will not be forgotten.
12.
I will raise up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the
north country and they will set themselves in array against her (Jer.
50:9).
13.
From thence she will be taken.
14.
Their arrows will be as of a mighty expert man.
15.
None will return in vain—they will hit the mark.
16.
Chaldea will be a spoil (Jer. 50:10).
17.
All that spoil her will be satisfied.
18.
You will be punished because you rejoiced over the fall of Israel,
and because you have become lazy and careless (Jer. 50:11).
19.
Your mother will be sore confounded (Jer. 50:12).
20.
She that bore you will be ashamed.
21.
The hindermost of the nations will be a wilderness and a desert.
22.
Her enemies will surround Babylon, shout against her, and shoot at
her (Jer. 50:14-15).
23.
Her foundations will fall (Jer. 50:15).
24.
Her walls will be thrown down.
25.
The farmers will be cut off from Babylon (Jer. 50:16).
26.
They will flee every one to his own land because of the invaders.
27.
I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished
Assyria and her land (Jer. 50:18).
28.
The inhabitants of Merathaim and Pekod will be destroyed (Jer.
50:21).
29.
The invaders will do as I commanded.
30.
The sound of battle and great destruction will be heard in the land
(Jer. 50:22).
31.
The hammer of the whole earth Babylon will be broken (Jer. 50:23).
32.
Babylon will become a desolation among the nations.
33.
I have laid a snare for you and you will be taken (Jer. 50:24).
34.
You will not be aware of the time you will be taken (Jer. 50:24; Dan.
5:1-31).
35.
You will be found and caught, because you have striven with Jehovah
(Jer. 50:24).
36.
The Lord will open His armory and bring forth the weapons of His
indignation in the land of the Chaldeans.
37.
They will come against her from the utmost borders (Jer. 50:26).
38.
They will open her storehouses.
39.
They will cast her up as heaps.
40.
They will destroy her utterly and leave nothing of her.
41.
Her bullocks will be slain (Jer. 50:27).
42.
Her day of visitation will come.
43.
Men will escape from Babylon and declare in Zion the vengeance of God
upon her (Jer. 50:28).
44.
Archers will camp against Babylon round about, so that none will
escape.
45.
She will reap what she has sown, for she has been proud against God
(Jer. 50:29).
46.
Her young men will fall in the streets (Jer. 50:30).
47.
Her men of war will be cut off in that day.
48.
The day will come when I visit you for your pride.
49.
The proudest will stumble and fall (Jer. 50:32).
50.
None will raise him up.
51.
I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all round about
him.
52.
The Redeemer of both houses of Israel is strong and will plead their
own land again, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon (Jer. 50:34).
53.
A sword will be upon the Chaldeans, upon the inhabitants, the
princes, wise men, liars, mighty men, horses, chariots, the mingled
people, the women, and the treasures of Babylon (Jer. 50:35-37).
54.
The people will be dismayed (Jer. 50:36).
55.
The treasures of Babylon will be robbed (Jer. 50:37).
56.
There will be a drought in Babylon, for the waters will be dried up
(Jer. 50:38).
57.
A people will come upon Babylon from the north, a great nation, and
many kings will be raised up from the coasts of the earth (Jer.
50:41).
58.
They will hold the bow and lance (Jer. 50:42).
59.
They will be cruel and without mercy.
60.
Their voice will be like the roar of the sea.
61.
They will ride upon horses, every one in array, to battle you.
62.
The king of Babylon will hear of the report of them, and his hand
will wax feeble (Jer. 50:43; Dan. 5:1-31).
63.
Anguish will take hold of him as a woman in travail (Jer. 50:43).
64.
He will come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan (Jer. 50:44).
65.
The conquest will be quickly over and the invader will suddenly pass
on.
66.
He will make their habitation desolate (Jer. 50:45).
67.
The earth will be moved at the taking of Babylon (Jer. 50:46).
68.
The cry will be heard among the nations.
69.
I will raise up a destroying wind against Babylon and those against
Me (Jer. 51:1).
70.
Fanners will come and fan her and make her land empty (Jer. 51:2).
71.
In the day of trouble, they will be against her round about.
72.
Her host will be destroyed (Jer. 51:3).
73.
The slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are
thrust through in her streets (Jer. 51:4).
74.
Babylon will be forsaken, and everyone will flee to his own country
(Jer. 51:9).
75.
The Lord will bring forth our righteousness (Jer. 51:10).
76.
The Lord will raise up the spirit of the Medes to destroy Babylon and
avenge His temple (Jer. 51:11-12).
77.
The end of Babylon will come (Jer. 51:13).
78.
I will fill you with men as with caterpillars, and they will lift up
a shout against you (Jer. 51:14).
79.
The graven images will perish (Jer. 51:18).
80.
I will break the nations in pieces with you Cyrus and will destroy
kingdoms (Jer. 51:20).
81.
With you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider, and the
chariot and its rider (Jer. 51:21).
82.
I will break in pieces man and woman, old and young, servants and
maids, captains and rulers (Jer. 51:21-23).
83.
I will render unto Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea their
evil that they have done to Zion (Jer. 51:24).
84.
I will stretch out My hand upon you, roll you from the rocks, and
make you like a burnt mountain (Jer. 51:25).
85.
A standard will be set in the land and a trumpet will be blown among
the nations to appoint a captain against Babylon (Jer. 51:27).
86.
The horses will come up against her as the rough caterpillars.
87.
The nations will be prepared against her with kings of the Medes and
their captains and rulers (Jer. 51:28).
88.
The land will tremble with sorrow, for Babylon will become a
desolation without an inhabitant (Jer. 51:29).
89.
The mighty men of Babylon will forbear to fight (Jer. 51:30).
90.
They will remain in their holds.
91.
Their might will fail.
92.
They will become weak as women.
93.
They will burn her dwelling places.
94.
They will break her bars.
95.
One messenger will run to meet others to show the king of Babylon
that his city is taken at one end, that the passages are stopped, the
reeds burned with fire, and the men of war afraid (Jer. 51:32).
96.
In a little while the time of the harvest of Babylon will come (Jer.
51:33).
97.
Israel will complain: Nebuchadnezzar has crushed me and made me like
an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a dragon and filled his
belly with my delicacies; and he has cast me out (Jer. 51:34).
98.
Babylon will be repaid for what she has done to me (Jer. 51:35).
99.
They will roar together like lions, and yell like lion’s whelps
(Jer. 51:38).
100.
In their heat I will make their feasts.
101.
I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not wake (Jer. 51:39; cp. 50:1-46:57).
102.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter (Jer. 51:40).
103.
Babylon will be taken and the whole earth will be surprised (Jer.
51:41).
104.
Babylon will become an astonishment among all nations.
105.
The sea the flooded Euphrates will come upon Babylon (Jer. 51:42).
106.
Her cities will become desolate, a dry land, and a wilderness where
no man will dwell (Jer. 51:43).
107.
I will punish Bel (Jer. 51:44).
108.
I will bring forth out of the mouth that which he has swallowed up.
109.
Nations will flow to him no more.
110.
The wall of Babylon will fall
111.
My people will go from Babylon and not partake of her judgment (Jer.
51:45).
112.
A rumor will be heard one year after another and violence civil war
in the land (Jer. 51:46).
113.
The days come that I will bring judgment upon the graven images of
Babylon (Jer. 51:47).
114.
Her whole land will be confounded.
115.
All her slain will fall in the midst of her.
116.
Then the heaven and earth will sing for Babylon (Jer. 51:48).
117.
Spoilers will come unto her from the north.
118.
Babylon will cause the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon the
slain of all the earth will fall (Jer. 51:49).
119.
Strangers will come into the Lord’s house (Jer. 51:51).
120.
The days come that I will do judgment upon her graven images (Jer.
51:52).
121.
Through all the land the wounded will groan.
122.
Though Babylon should exalt herself to heaven, yet from Me will come
spoilers to bring her down (Jer. 51:53).
123.
A great sound of a cry will come from Babylon and great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans (Jer. 51:54-55).
124.
The spoiler will come upon her, and her mighty men will be taken
(Jer.
51:56).
125.
All the bows of Babylon will be broken.
126.
I will make her princes, wise men, captains, rulers, and mighty men
drunk; and they will sleep perpetual sleep, and not wake (Jer. 51:57;
cp. 50:39).
127.
The broad walls of Babylon will be utterly broken (Jer. 51:58).
128.
Her gates will be burned with fire.
129.
The people will labor in vain and the folk in the fire.
130.
The invaders will be weary with so much work in the destruction.
Twenty-one
Predictions—Unfulfilled:
1.
Because of the wrath of the Lord Babylon will be wholly desolate
(Jer. 50:13).
2.
Everyone going by Babylon will hiss at her plagues.
3.
I will bring Israel again to her habitation (Jer. 50:19).
4.
He will feed on Carmel and Bashan.
5.
His soul will be satisfied upon Mount Ephraim and Gilead.
6.
In those days and in that time, the iniquity of Israel and the sins
of Judah will be sought for and will not be found.
7.The
wild beasts will dwell there.
8.
Owls will dwell there.
9.Babylon
will be inhabitated no more forever and will not be dwelt in from
generation to generation.
10.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, so
will no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell therein (Jer.
50:40).
11.
My people will flee out of Babylon and deliver every man his soul
(Jer. 51:6).
12.
The time for the Lord’s vengeance will come when He renders to
her a recompense.
13.
Babylon will be a cup in the Lord’s hand, making all nations drink
until they are mad (Jer. 51:7).
14.
Babylon will become suddenly fallen and destroyed (Jer. 51:8).
15.They
will not take a stone from the ruins of Babylon to use for a corner
stone or for foundation stones (Jer. 51:26).
16.Babylon
will be desolate forever.
17.I
will take vengeance and dry up all her sea and make her springs dry
(Jer. 51:36).
18.Babylon
will become a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and a
hissing without an inhabitant (Jer. 51:37).
19.The
Lord has spoken against this place to cut it off, both man and beast,
and it will be desolate forever (Jer. 51:62).
20.
Babylon will sink and rise no more from the evil that I will bring
upon her (Jer. 51:64).
21.They
will be weary.
The
Announcement of Judgment
Jeremiah
was
commanded to announce
to
the
nations the
public humiliation of Babylon.
