The Lord gave His opinion of Ammon. Why had they taken over towns given to the tribe of Gad? Someday He would send an army to attack their capital city, their land would lie in ruins and Israel would take it back. The rebellious Ammonites trust their wealth and boast that no one would attack them. The Lord would send neighboring nations to terrorize and scatter them. Someday the Lord would bring the people back home.
The Lord said that wisdom and common sense had vanished from Edom. The Lord would send disasters to punish the descendants of Esau. The people would die, but the Lord would protect the orphans and widows. God told them if people who don't deserve to drink from the cup of the Lord's anger have to, why should they get away without it? Pride tricked them into thinking other nations feared them. The truth was that they were despised. People passing by would be shocked to see destruction as bad as Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord would send destroyers to swoop down and attack them like eagles. Their warriors would be gripped by fear.
About Damascus, the Lord said that they had lost hope, and worries rolled over them like waves. He was once pleased with their city, but now they should get out while they still can.
About the desert tribes conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, God said that he told the king to do it. They were to run and hide. They had no fortress, yet they thought they were safe. They weren't.
Soon after Zedekiah became king the Lord told Jeremiah that He would kill all the archers of Elam. Enemies would attack and crush them. Someday God would bring back the people.
Babylon wasn't immune either. The Lord told Jeremiah to announce what would happen and not leave anything out. Babylon would be attacked by armies from the north. They would run and leave the land empty. When this happened, Israel and Judah would return to their own land. The people would make a new agreement with God that they wouldn't break or forget. Escape from Babylonia, it will be conquered. The Babylonians were eager and happy to rob God's people. God's anger would destroy Babylon and no one would live there. Babylon will be punished by taking its own medicine. God would bring Israel back to its own land, and rescue a few people left behind. They would be forgiven so completely that their sin and guilt would disappear.
Babylon challenged God, so God would destroy Babylon by using their enemies against them. They destroyed the temple, but God would take revenge. God promised that even their best soldiers would lie dead in the streets. No one would live there again.
Babylon was the gold cup of God filled with the wine of His anger. The nations got drunk on this wine and went insane. Babylon will fall. Israel would know that the Lord had taken revenge on Babylon for what they did to them.
Tomorrow read Jeremiah 51:11-52:34
No comments:
Post a Comment