REVIEW OF CHAPTER NINETEEN I. Facts to Master 1. Name of the chief god of Babylon (Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44). 2. The excuse which those who attacked Israel used to justify their cruelty (Jeremiah 50:7). 3. The two great lions who had devoured the flock of God (Jeremiah 50:17). 4. Two s... [ Continue Reading ]
B. Ruthless Destruction Jeremiah 50:41 to Jeremiah 51:5 TRANSLATION (41) Behold, a people shall come from the north, a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the distant parts of the earth. (42) They grasp bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy; the noise they make sounds lik... [ Continue Reading ]
C. An Exhortation to Israel Jeremiah 51:6-10 TRANSLATION (6) Flee from the midst of Babylon! Let everyone save his life! Perish not because of her guilt! For it is the time of the vengeance of the LORD; He will render to her a recompense. (7) Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the LORD, makin... [ Continue Reading ]
D. Divine Destruction Jeremiah 51:11-26 TRANSLATION (11) Polish the arrows! Fill the shields! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the king of the Medes; for His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it. For it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His Temple. (12) Set up a standard against... [ Continue Reading ]
III. THE DOOM OF BABYLON Jeremiah 51:27-58 The third section of the Babylon oracle which begins in Jeremiah 51:27 emphasizes the final doom of Babylon. The attack of the enemy is again described in vivid detail (Jeremiah 51:27-33). Israel lodges a complaint before God concerning their treatment at t... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Complaint of Israel and the Reply of the Lord Jeremiah 51:34-40 TRANSLATION (34) Nebuchadnezzar has devoured us, has crushed us, has set us down like an empty vessel. Like a monster he has devoured us, filled his belly with my dainties, expelled us. (35) May the violence done to me and my fl... [ Continue Reading ]
C. Babylon's Demolition and Israel's Liberation Jeremiah 51:41-46 TRANSLATION (41) How sad that Sheshak is captured, the praise of all the earth is taken! How sad that Babylon has become an astonishment among the nations! (42) The sea has gone up against Babylon; she is covered with the tumult of i... [ Continue Reading ]
D. Babylon's Retribution and Israel's Return Jeremiah 51:47-53 TRANSLATION (47) Therefore, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon, and all her land shall be put to shame; her slain ones shall fall in her midst. (48) Heavens, earth and all in them shall sing over Babylon, for s... [ Continue Reading ]
E. The Final Pronouncement Against Babylon Jeremiah 51:54-58 TRANSLATION (54) Hark! A cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans. (55) For the LORD is destroying Babylon, silencing her great noise. Her waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is given forth... [ Continue Reading ]
IV. THE HISTORY OF THE BABYLON PROPHECY Jeremiah 51:59-64 TRANSLATION (59) The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, king of Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the chief quartermaster. (60) N... [ Continue Reading ]