EA MESSAGE ABOUT BABYLON: JEREMIAH 51:1THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS: SEE, I WILL STIR UP THE SPIRIT OF A DESTROYER AGAINST BABYLON AND THE PEOPLE OF LEB KAMAI. 2I WILL SEND FOREIGNERS TO BABYLON TO WINNOW HER AND TO DEVASTATE HER LAND; THEY WILL OPPOSE HER ON EVERY SIDE IN THE DAY OF HER DISASTER. 3LET NOT THE ARCHER STRING HIS BOW, NOR LET HIM PUT ON HIS ARMOR. DO NOT SPARE HER YOUNG MEN; COMPLETELY DESTROY HER ARMY. 4THEY WILL FALL DOWN SLAIN IN BABYLON, FATALLY WOUNDED IN HER STREETS. 5FOR ISRAEL AND JUDAH HAVE NOT BEEN FORSAKEN BY THEIR GOD, THE LORD ALMIGHTY, THOUGH THEIR LAND IS FULL OF GUILT BEFORE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. 6FLEE FROM BABYLON! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! DO NOT BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF HER SINS. IT IS TIME FOR THE LORDS VENGEANCE; HE WILL PAY HER WHAT SHE DESERVES. 7BABYLON WAS A GOLD CUP IN THE LORDS HAND; SHE MADE THE WHOLE EARTH DRUNK. THE NATIONS DRANK HER WINE; THEREFORE THEY HAVE NOW GONE MAD. 8BABYLON WILL SUDDENLY FALL AND BE BROKEN. WAIL OVER HER! GET BALM FOR HER PAIN; PERHAPS SHE CAN BE HEALED. 9WE WOULD HAVE HEALED BABYLON, BUT SHE CANNOT BE HEALED; LET US LEAVE HER AND EACH GO TO HIS OWN LAND, FOR HER JUDGMENT REACHES TO THE SKIES, IT RISES AS HIGH AS THE CLOUDS. 10THE LORD HAS VINDICATED US; COME, LET US TELL IN ZION WHAT THE LORD OUR GOD HAS DONE. 11SHARPEN THE ARROWS, TAKE UP THE SHIELDS! THE LORD HAS STIRRED UP THE KINGS OF THE MEDES, BECAUSE HIS PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY BABYLON. THE LORD WILL TAKE VENGEANCE, VENGEANCE FOR HIS TEMPLE. 12LIFT UP A BANNER AGAINST THE WALLS OF BABYLON! REINFORCE THE GUARD, STATION THE WATCHMEN, PREPARE AN AMBUSH! THE LORD WILL CARRY OUT HIS PURPOSE, HIS DECREE AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF BABYLON. 13YOU WHO LIVE BY MANY WATERS AND ARE RICH IN TREASURES, YOUR END HAS COME, THE TIME FOR YOU TO BE CUT OFF. 14THE LORD ALMIGHTY HAS SWORN BY HIMSELF: I WILL SURELY FILL YOU WITH MEN, AS WITH A SWARM OF LOCUSTS, AND THEY WILL SHOUT IN TRIUMPH OVER YOU. 15HE MADE THE EARTH BY HIS POWER; HE FOUNDED THE WORLD BY HIS WISDOM AND STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS BY HIS UNDERSTANDING. 16WHEN HE THUNDERS, THE WATERS IN THE HEAVENS ROAR; HE MAKES CLOUDS RISE FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. HE SENDS LIGHTNING WITH THE RAIN AND BRINGS OUT THE WIND FROM HIS STOREHOUSES. 17EVERY MAN IS SENSELESS AND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE; EVERY GOLDSMITH IS SHAMED BY HIS idols. HIS IMAGES ARE A FRAUD; THEY HAVE NO BREATH IN THEM. 18THEY ARE WORTHLESS, THE OBJECTS OF MOCKERY; WHEN THEIR JUDGMENT COMES, THEY WILL PERISH. 19HE WHO IS THE PORTION OF JACOB IS NOT LIKE THESE, FOR HE IS THE MAKER OF ALL THINGS, INCLUDING THE TRIBE OF HIS INHERITANCE--THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS HIS NAME. 20YOU ARE MY WAR CLUB, MY WEAPON FOR BATTLE--WITH YOU I SHATTER NATIONS, WITH YOU I DESTROY KINGDOMS, 21IWITH YOU I SHATTER HORSE AND RIDER, WITH YOU I SHATTER CHARIOT AND DRIVER, 22WITH YOU I SHATTER MAN AND WOMAN, WITH YOU I SHATTER OLD MAN AND YOUTH, WITH YOU I SHATTER YOUNG MAN AND MAIDEN, 23WITH YOU I SHATTER SHEPHERD AND FLOCK, WITH YOU I SHATTER FARMER AND OXEN, WITH YOU I SHATTER GOVERNORS AND OFFICIALS. 24BEFORE YOUR EYES I WILL REPAY BABYLON AND ALL WHO LIVE IN BABYLONIA FOR ALL THE WRONG THEY HAVE DONE IN ZION, DECLARES THE LORD. 25I AM AGAINST YOU, O DESTROYING MOUNTAIN, YOU WHO DESTROY THE WHOLE EARTH, DECLARES THE LORD. I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND AGAINST YOU, ROLL YOU OFF THE CLIFFS, AND MAKE YOU A BURNED-OUT MOUNTAIN. 26NO ROCK WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOU FOR A CORNERSTONE, NOR ANY STONE FOR A FOUNDATION, FOR YOU WILL BE DESOLATE FOREVER, DECLARES THE LORD. 27LIFT UP A BANNER IN THE LAND! BLOW THE TRUMPET AMONG THE NATIONS! PREPARE THE NATIONS FOR BATTLE AGAINST HER; SUMMON AGAINST HER THESE KINGDOMS: ARARAT, MINNI AND ASHKENAZ. APPOINT A COMMANDER AGAINST HER; SEND UP HORSES LIKE A SWARM OF LOCUSTS. 28PREPARE THE NATIONS FOR BATTLE AGAINST HER--THE KINGS OF THE MEDES, THEIR GOVERNORS AND ALL THEIR OFFICIALS, AND ALL THE COUNTRIES THEY RULE. 29THE LAND TREMBLES AND WRITHES, FOR THE LORDS PURPOSES AGAINST BABYLON STAND--TO LAY WASTE THE LAND OF BABYLON SO THAT NO ONE WILL LIVE THERE. 30BABYLONS WARRIORS HAVE STOPPED FIGHTING; THEY REMAIN IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS. THEIR STRENGTH IS EXHAUSTED; THEY HAVE BECOME LIKE WOMEN. HER DWELLINGS ARE SET ON FIRE; THE BARS OF HER GATES ARE BROKEN. 31ONE COURIER FOLLOWS ANOTHER AND MESSENGER FOLLOWS MESSENGER TO ANNOUNCE TO THE KING OF BABYLON THAT HIS ENTIRE CITY IS CAPTURED, 32THE RIVER CROSSING SEIZED, THE MARSHES SET ON FIRE, AND THE SOLDIERS TERRIFIED. 33THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SAYS: THE DAUGHTER OF BABYLON IS LIKE A THRESHING FLOOR AT THE TIME IT IS TRAMPLED; THE TIME TO HARVEST HER WILL SOON COME. 34NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON HAS DEVOURED US, HE HAS THROWN US INTO CONFUSION, HE HAS MADE US AN EMPTY JAR. LIKE A SERPENT HE HAS SWALLOWED US AND FILLED HIS STOMACH WITH OUR DELICACIES, AND THEN HAS SPEWED US OUT. 35MAY THE VIOLENCE DONE TO OUR FLESH BE UPON BABYLON, SAY THE INHABITANTS OF ZION. MAY ORU BLOOD BE ON THOSE WHO LIVE IN BABYLONIA, SAYS JERUSALEM. 36THEREFORE, THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS: SEE, I WILL DEFEND YOUR CAUSE AND AVENGE YOU; I WILL DRY UP HER SEA AND MAKE HER SPRINGS DRY. 37
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 06:28:37 +0000
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