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JEREMIAH 50-51
BABYLON'S DESTRUCTION (50:1-3, 9-16, 21-27, 29-32, 35-46; 51:1-14, 20-33, 37-64)
The source (50:1-3, 9, 41-46; 51:1-6, 9-12, 20-24, 45-46)
The one who directs it (50:9; 51:1-6, 9-12, 45-46):
The one who delivers it (50:1-3, 41-46; 51:20-24, 45-46):
The sins (50:11, 32, 38; 51:7-8, 44, 47-51)
She has plundered Judah, God's chosen people (50:11).
She has defiled the Temple (51:51).
She is proud (50:32).
She is totally given over to idolatry (50:38; 51:7-8, 44, 47-50).
The severity (50:10, 12-16, 21-27, 29-31, 35-37, 39-40; 51:13-14, 25-33, 37-43, 52-58)
Her walls will be leveled, and her gates will be burned (51:53-58).
The city will be utterly sacked (50:10).
Her wise men will become fools (50:35-36).
Her young men and warriors will be killed (50:30-31).
The groans of her wounded will be heard throughout the land (51:52):
Her horses will be slaughtered, and her chariots will be smashed (50:37).
Her homeland will become a deserted wasteland (50:12-16, 21-27, 29; 51:27-33):
Her city will be inhabited by wild animals (50:39; 51:37-43):
Her city will be destroyed like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns (50:40):
Her debris will never again be used for building (51:25-26):
Her cities will be filled with enemies (51:13-14):
The individual (51:59):
The instructions (51:61-64):
ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE (50:4-8, 17-20, 28, 33-34; 51:15-19)
The sheep (50:4-8, 17-20, 28; 51:9-10, 35-36)
They have been led astray by their own leaders (50:6-8).
They are devoured by both the Assyrians and Babylonians (50:17-20):
They will repent and be restored (50:4-5, 28; 51:10):
The shepherd (50:33-34; 51:15-19)
"The one who redeems them is strong. His name is the LORD Almighty. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel" (50:33-34).
"He made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom" (51:15-16).
He alone, unlike the idols, is the true God (51:17-19):