Jeremiah 51:52-64 HCSB Therefore,
look, the days are coming--this is the LORD's declaration--when I will
punish her carved images, and the wounded will groan throughout her land. 53 Even if Babylon should ascend to the
heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from
Me. This is the LORD's declaration.
54 The sound of a cry from Babylon! The
sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! 55 For the LORD is going to devastate
Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. Their waves roar like abundant
waters; the tumult of their voice resounds, 56 for a destroyer is coming against her,
against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, their bows shattered, for the
LORD is a God of retribution; He will certainly repay. 57 I will make her princes and sages
drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall
asleep forever and never wake up. This is the King's declaration; the
LORD of Hosts is His name. 58
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Babylon's thick walls will
be totally demolished, and her high gates consumed by fire. The peoples will
have labored for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed
the fire. 59 This
is what Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah
son of Neriah son of Mahseiah,
the quartermaster, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah king of Judah in the
fourth year of Zedekiah's reign. 60
Jeremiah wrote on one scroll about all the disaster that would
come to Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon. 61 Jeremiah told Seraiah,
"When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud. 62 You must say, 'LORD, You have
threatened to cut off this place so that no one will live in it--man or beast.
Indeed, it will remain desolate forever.'
63 When you have finished reading this
scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates
River. 64 Then
say, 'In the same way, Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the
disaster I am bringing on her. They will grow weary.'" The words of
Jeremiah end here.
Devotionals: Jeremiah 51:55-57 El G’mulah – God of
Vegeance
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