Jeremiah 50:9-16

Let not the Reader overlook still further testimonies of divine favor to his poor outcasts, in that the Lord sends enemies to destroy Babylon, because Babylon had wasted his people. Ye rejoiced, said the Lord, and were glad, ye destroyers of mine heritage! Oh! how full of grace this is! And do observe, Reader, moreover, that in the worst of times, Israel was still the Lord's heritage, and the Lord de lights to own Israel. Oh! the blessedness of such unspeakable mercy! Deuteronomy 33:29. And observe once more, the Lord in this passage calls Babylon's oppression of his people sinning against him: agree ably to that sweet expression, whoso toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. Zechariah 2:8.