1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:01,800 Steve Webb: Come to grips with it. 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,480 This is the Lifespring one year Bible coming to you from 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,010 Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. I'm Steve 4 00:00:17,010 --> 00:00:20,880 Webb, your og Godcaster. This is the daily podcast where we're 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,930 reading through the entire Bible in what a year. Yeah. I'm 6 00:00:24,930 --> 00:00:28,380 grateful to be with you today. Thank you. It's prophecy Friday, 7 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,430 and we'll read chapters 47 through 52 of Jeremiah, which 8 00:00:32,430 --> 00:00:36,240 will complete that book. The title of today's episode is, is 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,740 there a limit to God's patience? Before we read, let's pray. Our 10 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,860 gracious heavenly Father, we thank you for our time around 11 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:46,260 your word today and we pray, Lord, that You would speak to 12 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:50,970 our hearts and our minds. Teach us we pray in Jesus name, amen. 13 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,850 Okay, are you ready? Let's begin. 14 00:00:55,980 --> 00:01:00,780 Jeremiah chapter 47. This is the Lord's message to the prophet 15 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:04,170 Jeremiah concerning the Philistines of Gaza before it 16 00:01:04,170 --> 00:01:07,560 was captured by the Egyptian army. This is what the Lord 17 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,120 says. A flood is coming from the north to overflow the land. It 18 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,790 will destroy the Land and everything in it cities and 19 00:01:14,790 --> 00:01:18,780 people alike. People will scream and terror and everyone in the 20 00:01:18,780 --> 00:01:22,830 land will wail. Here the clatter of stallions hooves and the 21 00:01:22,830 --> 00:01:27,300 rumble of wheels as the chariots rushed by terrified fathers run 22 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:31,770 madly without a backward glance at their helpless children. That 23 00:01:31,770 --> 00:01:34,290 time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed 24 00:01:34,350 --> 00:01:38,280 along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the Lord is 25 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,550 destroying the remnant of the Philistines. Those colonists 26 00:01:41,550 --> 00:01:45,930 from the land of Crete, Gaza will be humiliated, its head 27 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:50,520 shaved bald. Ashkelon will lie silent. You remnant from the 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,880 Mediterranean coast. How long will you cut yourselves in 29 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,590 morning? Now sort of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? 30 00:01:59,070 --> 00:02:03,450 Go back into your sheath rest and be still. But how can it be 31 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:06,660 still when the Lord has said it on a mission for the city of 32 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:10,290 Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed? 33 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,630 Jeremiah chapter 48. This message was given concerning 34 00:02:15,630 --> 00:02:18,960 Moab. This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies, the God of 35 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,970 Israel says, What sorrow awaits the city of Niebo. It will soon 36 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:28,230 lie in ruins. The city of curio Fayoum will be humiliated and 37 00:02:28,230 --> 00:02:32,670 captured, the fortress will be humiliated and broken down. No 38 00:02:32,670 --> 00:02:36,360 one will ever brag about Moab again, for an Heshbon there is a 39 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,990 plot to destroy her. Come they say we will cut her off from 40 00:02:39,990 --> 00:02:43,710 being a nation. The town of madmen two will be silenced the 41 00:02:43,710 --> 00:02:47,010 sword will follow you there. Listen to the cries from Hora 42 00:02:47,010 --> 00:02:51,330 Nam cries of devastation and great destruction. All Moab is 43 00:02:51,330 --> 00:02:55,290 destroyed. Her little ones will cry out, her refugees weep 44 00:02:55,290 --> 00:02:59,040 bitterly climbing the slope to lose faith. They cry out in 45 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,300 terror descending the slope to Hora Nam, flee for your lives 46 00:03:03,330 --> 00:03:06,510 hide in the wilderness, because you have trusted in your wealth 47 00:03:06,510 --> 00:03:10,440 and skill you will be taken captive, your god key Marsh with 48 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,710 his priests and officials will be hauled off to distant lands. 49 00:03:14,220 --> 00:03:17,970 All the towns will be destroyed and no one will escape either on 50 00:03:17,970 --> 00:03:22,080 the plateaus or in the valleys for the Lord is spoken. Oh that 51 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,980 Moab had wings so she could fly away for her Towns will be left 52 00:03:25,980 --> 00:03:29,400 empty with no one living in them. Cursed are those who 53 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,820 refuse to do the Lord's work who hold back their swords from 54 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:36,600 shedding blood. From its earliest history. Moab is lived 55 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,560 in peace, never going into exile. He has like wine that has 56 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,830 been allowed to settle. He has not been poured from flask to 57 00:03:43,830 --> 00:03:48,030 flask and he is now fragrant and smooth. But the time is coming 58 00:03:48,030 --> 00:03:51,480 soon, says the Lord when I will send men to pour him from his 59 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,490 jar. They will pour him out then shatter the jar. At last Moab 60 00:03:56,490 --> 00:04:00,030 will be ashamed of his idol ki Mosh as the people of Israel 61 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:04,350 were ashamed of their gold calf at Bethel. You used to boast we 62 00:04:04,350 --> 00:04:08,190 are heroes mighty men of war, but now Moab in his Towns will 63 00:04:08,190 --> 00:04:12,060 be destroyed. His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter 64 00:04:12,090 --> 00:04:15,450 says the king whose name is the Lord of Heaven's armies. 65 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:19,350 Destruction is coming fast for Moab. Calamity threatens 66 00:04:19,350 --> 00:04:24,150 ominously, you friends of Moab, weep for him and cry. See how 67 00:04:24,150 --> 00:04:27,480 the strong scepter is broken? How the beautiful staff is 68 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,500 shattered. Come down now from your glory and sit in the dust 69 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:35,160 you people die bond for those who destroy Moab will shatter 70 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:39,480 dive on to they will tear down all your towers. You people have 71 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,650 Aroer stand beside the road and watch shout to those who flee 72 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:47,880 from Moab. What has happened here and the reply comes back. 73 00:04:48,030 --> 00:04:52,350 Moab lies in ruins, disgraced, weep and wail tell it by the 74 00:04:52,350 --> 00:04:56,610 banks of the Oregon river Moab has been destroyed. Judgment has 75 00:04:56,610 --> 00:05:00,330 been poured out on the towns of the plateau. On Holon and Jhas 76 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,650 in the fab on die bong and Niebo and Beth Dibbler Thamm on curio 77 00:05:04,650 --> 00:05:08,910 Thamm and Beth gameau and Beth Mian on Curie off and Basra. All 78 00:05:08,910 --> 00:05:13,170 the towns of Moab far and near. The strength of Mo app has 79 00:05:13,170 --> 00:05:17,250 ended. His arm has been broken, says the Lord. Let him stagger 80 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:20,670 and fall like a drunkard for he has rebelled against the LORD, 81 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,710 Moab will wallow in his own vomit ridiculed by all did you 82 00:05:25,710 --> 00:05:28,860 not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the 83 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:31,710 company of thieves that you should despise them as you do? 84 00:05:32,460 --> 00:05:36,240 You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in the caves 85 00:05:36,330 --> 00:05:40,320 hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks. We have all 86 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,910 heard of the pride of Moab, for his pride is very great. We know 87 00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:48,180 of his lofty pride, his arrogance and his haughty heart. 88 00:05:48,570 --> 00:05:52,260 I know about his insolence, says the Lord. But his boasts are 89 00:05:52,260 --> 00:05:57,540 empty, as empty as his deeds. So now I will wail for Moab. Yes, I 90 00:05:57,540 --> 00:06:01,020 will mourn for Moab. My heart is broken for the men of Kier 91 00:06:01,020 --> 00:06:05,790 Harris chef, you people of sigma rich and vineyards I will weep 92 00:06:05,790 --> 00:06:09,690 for you even more than I did for Jazer you're spreading vines 93 00:06:09,690 --> 00:06:12,900 once reached as far as the Dead Sea but the destroyer has 94 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:16,290 stripped you bear. He has harvested your grapes and summer 95 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:20,640 fruits, joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab. The 96 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,630 presses yield no wine, no one treads the grapes with shouts of 97 00:06:24,630 --> 00:06:29,820 joy. There is shouting Yes, but not of joy. Instead, they're 98 00:06:29,820 --> 00:06:33,210 awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across 99 00:06:33,210 --> 00:06:37,560 to Le ALA and J has from Zophar all the way to Hora Nam and egg 100 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,220 Leth Sheila ShiGGa even the waters of nem RAM are dried up 101 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:45,960 now. I will put an end to Moab says the Lord for the people 102 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,800 offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to 103 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,760 their false gods. My heart morons like a flute for Moab and 104 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,450 cure Harris chef for all their wealth is disappeared. The 105 00:06:57,450 --> 00:07:00,840 people shave their heads and beards in mourning. They slashed 106 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:04,380 their hands and put on clothes made of burlap. There is crying 107 00:07:04,380 --> 00:07:08,400 and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have 108 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,030 smashed Moab like an old unwanted jar. How it is 109 00:07:12,030 --> 00:07:16,500 shattered. Here the wailing see the shame of Moab. It has become 110 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:20,010 an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its 111 00:07:20,010 --> 00:07:24,540 neighbors. This is what the Lord says, look, the enemy swoops 112 00:07:24,540 --> 00:07:28,530 down like an eagle spreading its wings over Moab. Its cities will 113 00:07:28,530 --> 00:07:32,370 fall and its strongholds will be seized. Even the mightiest 114 00:07:32,370 --> 00:07:36,360 warriors will be in anguish like a woman in labor. Moab will no 115 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,170 longer be a nation for it his boasted against the Lord. Terror 116 00:07:40,170 --> 00:07:43,410 and traps and snares will be your lotto Moab says the Lord. 117 00:07:43,890 --> 00:07:47,340 Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap. And those who 118 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:51,600 escaped the trap will step into a snare. I will see to it that 119 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,260 you do not get away for the time of your judgment has come says 120 00:07:55,260 --> 00:07:59,520 the Lord. The people flee as far as Heshbon but are unable to go 121 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,450 on. For a fire comes from Heshbon King sigh Hans ancient 122 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:07,500 home to devour the entire land with all its rebellious people. 123 00:08:08,190 --> 00:08:12,090 What sorrow awaits you oh people of Moab, the people of the god 124 00:08:12,090 --> 00:08:15,330 of key Marsh are destroyed. Your sons and your daughters have 125 00:08:15,330 --> 00:08:18,930 been taken away as captives. But I will restore the fortunes of 126 00:08:18,930 --> 00:08:23,880 Moab in days to come. I the LORD have spoken. This is the end of 127 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,340 Jeremiah's prophecy concerning Moab. 128 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:31,980 Jeremiah chapter 49. This message was given concerning the 129 00:08:31,980 --> 00:08:36,300 Ammonites, this is what the Lord says, Are there no descendants 130 00:08:36,300 --> 00:08:40,200 of Israel to inherit the land of Gad? Why are you who worship 131 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,610 Molek living in its towns in the days to come, says the Lord. I 132 00:08:44,610 --> 00:08:48,000 will sound the Battlecry against your city of Rabbah it will 133 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,450 become a desolate heap of ruins and the neighboring towns will 134 00:08:51,450 --> 00:08:55,230 be burned. Then Israel will take back the land you took from her 135 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:59,370 says the Lord cry out Oh hash bond for the town of AI is 136 00:08:59,370 --> 00:09:03,150 destroyed. Weibo people have Rabba put on your clothes of 137 00:09:03,150 --> 00:09:07,560 mourning, weep and wail hiding in the hedges for your god Molek 138 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:10,890 with his priests and officials will be hauled off to distant 139 00:09:10,890 --> 00:09:14,160 lands. You are proud of your fertile valleys but they will 140 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,790 soon be ruined. You trusted in your wealth you rebellious 141 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:21,510 daughter and thought no one could ever harm you. But look, I 142 00:09:21,510 --> 00:09:24,810 will bring terror upon you says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven's 143 00:09:24,810 --> 00:09:28,770 armies. Your neighbors will chase you from your land and no 144 00:09:28,770 --> 00:09:32,550 one will help your exiles as they flee. But I will restore 145 00:09:32,550 --> 00:09:36,090 the fortunes of the Ammonites in days to come. I the LORD have 146 00:09:36,090 --> 00:09:40,860 spoken. This message was given concerning Edom. This is what 147 00:09:40,860 --> 00:09:44,670 the Lord of Heaven's Armies says. Is there no wisdom and 148 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:49,770 Tieman is no one left to give wise counsel, turn in flee hide 149 00:09:49,770 --> 00:09:53,550 in deep caves you people have D Dan, for when I bring disaster 150 00:09:53,550 --> 00:09:57,810 on Edom I will punish you to those who harvest grapes always 151 00:09:57,810 --> 00:10:01,830 leave a few for the poor. These came at night they would not 152 00:10:01,830 --> 00:10:05,700 take everything. But I will strip bear the land of Edom, and 153 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:09,630 there will be no place left to hide. Its children, its brothers 154 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:13,350 and its neighbors will all be destroyed, and Edom itself will 155 00:10:13,350 --> 00:10:17,040 be no more. But I will protect the orphans who remain among 156 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,240 you. Your widows too can depend on me for help. In this is what 157 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,230 the Lord says, if the innocent must suffer, How much more must 158 00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:29,280 you you will not go unpunished, you must drink this cup of 159 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:33,540 judgment, for I have sworn by my own name says the Lord, that 160 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:37,470 Basra will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins. It 161 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:41,070 will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be 162 00:10:41,070 --> 00:10:45,570 desolate forever. I have heard a message from the Lord that an 163 00:10:45,570 --> 00:10:49,500 ambassador was sent to the nations to say, form a coalition 164 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:53,190 against Edom and prepare for battle. The Lord says to eat 165 00:10:53,190 --> 00:10:56,850 them, I will cut you down to size among the nation's you will 166 00:10:56,850 --> 00:11:00,630 be destroyed by all you have been deceived by the fear you 167 00:11:00,630 --> 00:11:04,380 inspire in others and by your own pride. You live in a rock 168 00:11:04,380 --> 00:11:07,650 fortress and control the mountain heights. But even if 169 00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:10,890 you make your nest among the peaks with the Eagles, I will 170 00:11:10,890 --> 00:11:15,150 bring you crashing down says the Lord Eden will be an object of 171 00:11:15,150 --> 00:11:19,050 horror. All who passed by will be appalled and will grasp but 172 00:11:19,050 --> 00:11:22,320 the destruction they see there. It will be like the destruction 173 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,260 of Sodom and Gomorrah in their neighboring towns, says the 174 00:11:25,260 --> 00:11:30,030 Lord. No one will live there, no one will inhabit it. I will come 175 00:11:30,030 --> 00:11:33,210 like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan leaping on the sheep 176 00:11:33,210 --> 00:11:36,840 in the pasture. I will chase Edom from its land. And I will 177 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,980 appoint the leader of my choice for who is like me and who can 178 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:45,570 challenge me. What ruler can oppose my will listen to the 179 00:11:45,570 --> 00:11:49,140 Lord's plans against Edom and the people of Tiemann. Even the 180 00:11:49,140 --> 00:11:52,440 little children will be dragged off like sheep and their homes 181 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,710 will be destroyed. The earth will shake with the noise of 182 00:11:55,710 --> 00:11:59,130 itams Fall, and its cry of despair will be heard all the 183 00:11:59,130 --> 00:12:03,420 way to the Red Sea. Look, the enemy swoops down like an eagle 184 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:07,440 spreading its wings over Basra. Even the mightiest warriors will 185 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,730 be in anguish like a woman in labor. This message was given 186 00:12:11,730 --> 00:12:16,470 concerning Damascus. This is what the Lord says. The towns of 187 00:12:16,470 --> 00:12:19,380 Haman that are Panthers struck with fear for they have heard 188 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:22,680 the news of their destruction. Their hearts are troubled like a 189 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:27,180 wild sea and a raging storm. Damascus has become feeble, and 190 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:30,870 all her people turn to flee. fear, anguish and pain have 191 00:12:30,870 --> 00:12:35,220 gripped her as they grip a woman in labor. That famous city the 192 00:12:35,220 --> 00:12:39,630 city of joy will be forsaken. Her young men will fall in the 193 00:12:39,630 --> 00:12:43,350 streets and die. Her soldiers will all be killed, says the 194 00:12:43,350 --> 00:12:46,620 Lord of Heaven's armies, and I will set fire to the walls of 195 00:12:46,620 --> 00:12:51,390 Damascus that will burn up the palaces of Ben Hey dad. This 196 00:12:51,390 --> 00:12:54,150 message was given concerning keytar and the kingdoms of 197 00:12:54,150 --> 00:12:57,570 hazer, which were attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 198 00:12:58,140 --> 00:13:02,460 This is what the Lord says, advanced against Keator destroy 199 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:05,880 the warriors from the east. their flocks and tents will be 200 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,300 captured and their household goods and camels will be taken 201 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:13,560 away. Everywhere shouts of panic will be heard. We are terrorized 202 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:17,610 at every turn. Run for your lives, says the Lord. Hide 203 00:13:17,610 --> 00:13:20,940 yourselves in deep caves you people have hazer for King 204 00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:24,060 Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is plotted against you and is 205 00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:28,050 preparing to destroy you. Go up and attack that complacent 206 00:13:28,050 --> 00:13:32,130 nation says the Lord. Its people live alone in the desert without 207 00:13:32,130 --> 00:13:35,880 walls or gates, their camels and other livestock will all be 208 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,150 yours. I will scatter to the winds these people who live in 209 00:13:39,150 --> 00:13:42,570 remote places I will bring calamity upon them from every 210 00:13:42,570 --> 00:13:46,860 direction says the Lord hazer will be inhabited by jackals and 211 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:50,790 it will be desolate forever. No one will live there, no one will 212 00:13:50,790 --> 00:13:54,600 inhabit it. This message concerning Elam came to the 213 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,960 Prophet Jeremiah from the Lord at the beginning of the reign of 214 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,950 King Zedekiah of Judah. This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies 215 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:06,570 says. I will destroy the archers of Elam the best of their 216 00:14:06,570 --> 00:14:10,530 forces. I will bring enemies from all directions. I will 217 00:14:10,530 --> 00:14:13,920 scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. They will be 218 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,820 exiled to countries around the world. I myself will go with 219 00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:21,450 Elam 's enemies to shatter it. In my fierce anger I will bring 220 00:14:21,450 --> 00:14:25,440 great disaster upon the people of Elam says the Lord. Their 221 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,350 enemies will chase them with a sword until I have destroyed 222 00:14:28,350 --> 00:14:32,400 them completely. I will set my throne and Elam says the Lord 223 00:14:32,550 --> 00:14:36,270 and I will destroy its kings and officials. But I will restore 224 00:14:36,270 --> 00:14:40,140 the fortunes of Elam in days to come. I the LORD have spoken. 225 00:14:40,530 --> 00:14:45,540 Jeremiah chapter 50. The word the Lord spoke about Babylon the 226 00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:49,920 land of the Chaldeans through Jeremiah the prophet announced 227 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,760 to the nations proclaim and raise up a signal flag proclaim 228 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:58,710 and hide nothing. Say Babylon is captured. Bell is put to shame 229 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,670 Mar Duke is devastateneeded, her idols are put to shame her false 230 00:15:02,670 --> 00:15:06,600 gods devastated for a nation from the North will come against 231 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,050 her, it will make her land desolate. No one will be living 232 00:15:10,050 --> 00:15:14,490 in it, both man and beast will escape in those days and at that 233 00:15:14,490 --> 00:15:17,910 time, this is the Lord's declaration, the Israelites and 234 00:15:17,910 --> 00:15:20,910 Judeans will come together weeping as they come and will 235 00:15:20,910 --> 00:15:24,750 seek the Lord their God. They will ask about Zion, turning 236 00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:28,320 their faces to this road, they will come and join themselves to 237 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,320 the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will never be 238 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,790 forgotten. My people are lost sheep, their shepherds have led 239 00:15:35,790 --> 00:15:39,810 them astray, guiding them the wrong way in the mountains. They 240 00:15:39,810 --> 00:15:42,660 have wandered from Hill to Hill, they have forgotten their 241 00:15:42,660 --> 00:15:46,890 resting place. All who found them devoured them. Their 242 00:15:46,890 --> 00:15:50,790 adversary said we're not guilty. Instead, they have sinned 243 00:15:50,790 --> 00:15:53,940 against the Lord, their righteous grazing land, the hope 244 00:15:53,940 --> 00:15:58,590 of their ancestors, the Lord escaped from Babylon, depart 245 00:15:58,590 --> 00:16:02,910 from the Chaldeans land, be like the rams that lead the flock for 246 00:16:02,910 --> 00:16:06,300 I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon and assembly of 247 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:09,630 great nations from the North Country. They will line up and 248 00:16:09,630 --> 00:16:13,170 battle formation against her. From there she will be captured. 249 00:16:13,590 --> 00:16:16,650 Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warrior who does 250 00:16:16,650 --> 00:16:20,820 not return empty handed, the Chaldeans will become plunder. 251 00:16:21,150 --> 00:16:25,410 All Babylons plunderers will be fully satisfied. This is the 252 00:16:25,410 --> 00:16:30,090 Lord's declaration, because you rejoice because you sing and 253 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:34,140 triumph you who plundered my inheritance, because you frolic 254 00:16:34,140 --> 00:16:37,980 like a young cow treading grain and nailing stallions, your 255 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:41,370 mother will be utterly humiliated, she who bore you 256 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:45,900 will be put to shame. Look, she will lag behind all the nations 257 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,760 a dry land, a wilderness and ARAVA, because of the Lord's 258 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,850 wrath, she will not be inhabited, she will become a 259 00:16:53,850 --> 00:16:57,720 desolation, every bit of her. Everyone who passes through 260 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,950 Babylon will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds, 261 00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:06,000 line up in battle formation around Babylon, all you archers, 262 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:09,660 shoot at her, Do not spare an arrow, for she has sinned 263 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:14,070 against the Lord, raise a war cry against her on every side. 264 00:17:14,370 --> 00:17:18,030 She has thrown up her hands in surrender, her defense towers 265 00:17:18,030 --> 00:17:21,900 have fallen, her walls are demolished. Since this is the 266 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:25,530 Lord's vengeance, take out your vengeance on her, as she has 267 00:17:25,530 --> 00:17:30,090 done do the same to her. Cut off the sower from Babylon as well 268 00:17:30,090 --> 00:17:33,420 as him who wields the sickle at harvest time. Because of the 269 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:36,930 oppressors sword, each will turn to his own people, each will 270 00:17:36,930 --> 00:17:42,240 flee to his own land. Israel is a stray lamb chased by lions, 271 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,930 the first who devoured him was the king of Assyria. The last 272 00:17:45,930 --> 00:17:49,110 one who crushed his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 273 00:17:49,470 --> 00:17:52,920 Therefore, this is what the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel 274 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:57,060 says, I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land. 275 00:17:57,270 --> 00:18:01,410 Just as I punished the king of Assyria. I will return Israel to 276 00:18:01,410 --> 00:18:05,280 his grazing land and he will feed on Carmel and Batian. He 277 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,370 will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephram and of Gilead 278 00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:12,780 in those days and at that time, this is the Lord's declaration. 279 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,470 One will search for Israel's guilt, but there will be none. 280 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,400 And for Judas sins, but they will not be found, for I will 281 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:25,260 forgive those I leave as a remnant. go against the land of 282 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:28,950 Mara fam and against those living in Peacock, put them to 283 00:18:28,950 --> 00:18:32,190 the sword completely destroy them. This is the Lord's 284 00:18:32,190 --> 00:18:36,480 declaration. Do everything I've commanded you. The sound of war 285 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,780 is in the land a great destruction, how the hammer of 286 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:43,980 the whole earth is cut down and smashed. What a horror Babylon 287 00:18:43,980 --> 00:18:47,970 has become among the nation's Babylon. I laid a trap for you 288 00:18:47,970 --> 00:18:51,630 and you were caught, but you did not even know it. You were found 289 00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:54,930 in captured because you fought against the Lord. The Lord 290 00:18:54,930 --> 00:18:57,570 opened his armory and brought out his weapons of wrath, 291 00:18:57,750 --> 00:19:01,170 because it is a task of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the 292 00:19:01,170 --> 00:19:05,580 Chaldeans come against her from the most distant places. Open 293 00:19:05,580 --> 00:19:09,090 her granaries, pile her up, like mounds of grain and completely 294 00:19:09,090 --> 00:19:12,900 destroy her, leave her no survivors, put all her young 295 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:16,890 bulls to the sword. Let them go down to the slaughter, wolf to 296 00:19:16,890 --> 00:19:20,370 them because their day has come the time of their punishment. 297 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:24,150 There is a voice of fugitives and those who escaped from the 298 00:19:24,150 --> 00:19:27,390 land of Babylon announcing in Zion the vengeance of the Lord 299 00:19:27,390 --> 00:19:31,410 our God, the vengeance for his temple, summon the archers to 300 00:19:31,410 --> 00:19:35,910 Babylon, all who string the bow, camp all around her, let none 301 00:19:35,910 --> 00:19:40,290 escape, repay her according to her deeds, just as she has done 302 00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:44,430 do the same to her, for she has acted arrogantly against the 303 00:19:44,430 --> 00:19:48,630 Lord against the Holy One of Israel. Therefore, her young men 304 00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:52,620 will fall in her public squares. All the Warriors will perish in 305 00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:56,970 that day. This is the Lord's declaration. Look, I am against 306 00:19:56,970 --> 00:20:00,510 you, you arrogant one. This is the declaration of the Lord God 307 00:20:00,510 --> 00:20:04,350 of Hosts because your day has come the time when I will punish 308 00:20:04,350 --> 00:20:07,740 you. The arrogant will stumble and fall with no one to pick 309 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:11,400 them up. I will set fire to his cities and it will consume 310 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,660 everything around him. This is what the Lord of hosts says. 311 00:20:16,170 --> 00:20:19,680 Israelites in Judea. Anza like have been oppressed. All their 312 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,340 captors hold them fast, they refuse to release them. Their 313 00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:27,300 Redeemer is strong, Yahweh of hosts is his name. He will 314 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:30,690 fervently plead their case so that he might bring rest to the 315 00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:34,920 earth but turmoil to those who live in Babylon. A sword is over 316 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,790 the Chaldeans. This is the Lord's declaration against those 317 00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:42,900 who live in Babylon, against her officials and against her sages. 318 00:20:43,470 --> 00:20:47,550 A sword is against the Diviners and they will act foolishly. A 319 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:50,370 sword is against her heroic warriors and they will be 320 00:20:50,370 --> 00:20:54,360 terrified. A sword is against his horses and chariots and 321 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:57,360 against all the foreigners among them, and they will be like 322 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:01,140 women. A sword is against her treasuries and they will be 323 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:04,530 plundered, a drought will come on her waters and they will be 324 00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:09,030 dried up, for it is a land of carved images, and they go mad 325 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:13,230 because of terrifying things. Therefore, desert creatures will 326 00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:17,160 live with hyenas and ostriches will also live in her. It will 327 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,980 never again be inhabited or lived in through all 328 00:21:19,980 --> 00:21:23,940 generations. Just as God demolished Sodom and Gomorrah 329 00:21:23,940 --> 00:21:27,090 and their neighboring towns. This is the Lord's declaration, 330 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:31,410 so no one will live there. No human being will even stay in it 331 00:21:31,410 --> 00:21:36,900 as a temporary resident. Look up people comes from the north, a 332 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:40,320 great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the remote 333 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,940 regions of the earth. They grasp bow and javelin. They are cruel 334 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:48,570 and show no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea and they 335 00:21:48,570 --> 00:21:52,410 write on horses lined up like men in battle formation against 336 00:21:52,410 --> 00:21:55,980 you, daughter Babylon. The king of Babylon has heard reports 337 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:59,760 about them at his hands fall helpless, distressed is seized 338 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,470 him pain like a woman in labor. Look, it will be like a lion 339 00:22:04,470 --> 00:22:07,290 coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the water grazing 340 00:22:07,290 --> 00:22:11,010 land. Indeed, I will chase Babylon away from her land in a 341 00:22:11,010 --> 00:22:15,390 flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her for who is like 342 00:22:15,390 --> 00:22:19,110 me, who will summon me, who is the shepherd who can stand 343 00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:22,890 against me. Therefore, here are the plans that the Lord has 344 00:22:22,890 --> 00:22:26,400 drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised 345 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,730 against the land of the Chaldeans. Certainly the flocks 346 00:22:29,730 --> 00:22:33,390 little lambs will be dragged away. Certainly the grazing land 347 00:22:33,390 --> 00:22:37,170 will be made desolate because of them. At the sound of Babylons 348 00:22:37,170 --> 00:22:40,950 conquest, the Earth will quake a cry will be heard among the 349 00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:41,730 nations. 350 00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:47,420 Jeremiah chapter 51. This is what the Lord says. I am about 351 00:22:47,420 --> 00:22:50,630 to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon and against the 352 00:22:50,630 --> 00:22:54,800 population of lead Kim I, I will send strangers to Babylon who 353 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,100 will scatter her and strip her land bear for thy will come 354 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:02,030 against her from every side in the day of disaster. Don't let 355 00:23:02,030 --> 00:23:05,270 the archers string his bow. Don't let him put on his armor. 356 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,410 Don't spare her young men completely destroy her entire 357 00:23:09,410 --> 00:23:12,770 army. Those who were slain will fall in the land of the 358 00:23:12,770 --> 00:23:16,820 Chaldeans, those who are pierced through in her streets for 359 00:23:16,820 --> 00:23:20,390 Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the Lord 360 00:23:20,390 --> 00:23:23,540 of hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy 361 00:23:23,540 --> 00:23:27,680 One of Israel. leave Babylon save your lives each of you 362 00:23:28,010 --> 00:23:31,460 don't perish because of her guilt. For this is the time of 363 00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:34,640 the Lord's vengeance. He will pay her what she deserves. 364 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,690 Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord's hand, making the whole 365 00:23:38,690 --> 00:23:42,830 earth drunk. The nation's drank her wine, therefore the nation's 366 00:23:42,830 --> 00:23:47,480 go mad. Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Well for her 367 00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:52,610 get balm for her wound. Perhaps she can be healed. We tried to 368 00:23:52,610 --> 00:23:57,140 heal Babylon but she could not be healed. abandon her. Let each 369 00:23:57,140 --> 00:24:00,860 of us go to his own land for her judgment extends to the sky and 370 00:24:00,860 --> 00:24:04,490 reaches as far as the clouds. The Lord has brought about our 371 00:24:04,490 --> 00:24:08,330 vindication Come let's tell in Zion what the Lord our God has 372 00:24:08,330 --> 00:24:12,560 accomplished. Sharpen the arrows fill the quivers, the Lord has 373 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,380 put it into the mind of the kings of the Medes because his 374 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:18,590 plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her. For it is the 375 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:22,700 Lord's vengeance, vengeance for his temple. Raise up a signal 376 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:26,810 flag against the walls of Babylon. fortify the watch post. 377 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,130 Set the watchman in place. Prepare the ambush. For the Lord 378 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:33,410 has both planned and accomplished what he has 379 00:24:33,410 --> 00:24:37,520 threatened against those who live in Babylon. You who reside 380 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,940 by many waters rich and treasures Your aunt has come 381 00:24:41,030 --> 00:24:45,080 your life thread is cut. The Lord of Hosts has sworn by 382 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:49,370 himself I will fill you up with men as with locusts as they will 383 00:24:49,370 --> 00:24:53,420 sing the victory song over you. He made the Earth by His power 384 00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:56,990 established the world by his wisdom and spread out the 385 00:24:56,990 --> 00:25:01,010 heavens by his understanding when he thought yours the waters 386 00:25:01,010 --> 00:25:04,640 in the heavens are in turmoil and he causes the clouds to rise 387 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,180 from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and 388 00:25:08,180 --> 00:25:11,840 brings the wind from his store houses. Everyone is stupid and 389 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,830 ignorant. Every Goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image. 390 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,910 For his cast images are a lie. There is no breath mm. They are 391 00:25:19,910 --> 00:25:23,840 worthless or work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment, 392 00:25:23,870 --> 00:25:27,770 they will be destroyed. Jacob's portion is not like these 393 00:25:27,770 --> 00:25:31,880 because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe 394 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:36,530 of his inheritance. Yahweh of hosts is his name. You are my 395 00:25:36,530 --> 00:25:41,150 battle club my weapons of war. With you I will smash nations 396 00:25:41,180 --> 00:25:44,960 with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin with you I will smash 397 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,530 the horse and its writer with you I will smash the chariot and 398 00:25:48,530 --> 00:25:52,700 its writer. With you I will smash man and woman with you I 399 00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:56,390 will smash the old man and the youth. With you I will smash the 400 00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:59,570 young man and the young woman with you I will smash the 401 00:25:59,570 --> 00:26:03,440 shepherd and his flock. With you I will smash the farmer and his 402 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:08,570 ox team. With you I will smash governors and officials. I will 403 00:26:08,570 --> 00:26:11,630 repay Babylon and all the residents of Cal dia for all 404 00:26:11,630 --> 00:26:15,290 their evil they have done in Zion before your very eyes. This 405 00:26:15,290 --> 00:26:19,370 is the Lord's declaration. Look, I am against you devastating 406 00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:23,000 mountain. This is the Lord's declaration. You devastate the 407 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,780 whole earth. I will stretch out my hand against you roll you 408 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:30,380 down from the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. No 409 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:33,260 one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation 410 00:26:33,260 --> 00:26:37,550 stone from you because you will become desolate forever. This is 411 00:26:37,550 --> 00:26:41,690 the Lord's declaration. Raise a signal flag in the land blow 412 00:26:41,690 --> 00:26:45,380 ram's horn among the nations set apart the nation's against her 413 00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:50,900 summon kingdoms against her era rat Minaya and Ashkenaz appoint 414 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:54,830 a marshal against her bring up horses like a swarm of locusts 415 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,070 set the nation's for battle against her the kings of media 416 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,310 her governors and all her officials and all the lands they 417 00:27:01,310 --> 00:27:04,760 rule. The earthquakes and trembles because the Lord's 418 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,720 intentions against Babylon stand to make the land of Babylon and 419 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:13,310 uninhabited desolation. Babylons warriors have stopped fighting. 420 00:27:13,550 --> 00:27:17,900 They sit in their strongholds. Their mind is exhausted. They 421 00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:22,040 have become like women. Babylons homes have been set ablaze. Her 422 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,400 gate bars are shattered messenger racist to meet 423 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,940 messenger and Harold to meet Harold to announce the king of 424 00:27:28,940 --> 00:27:33,470 Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end. The 425 00:27:33,470 --> 00:27:37,040 Fords have been seized. The marshes set on fire, and the 426 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,520 soldiers are terrified. For this is what the Lord of hosts the 427 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,600 God of Israel says. Daughter Babylon is like a threshing 428 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,110 floor at the time it is trampled in just a little while her 429 00:27:48,110 --> 00:27:51,680 harvest time will come. Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has 430 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,550 devoured me he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an 431 00:27:55,550 --> 00:27:59,600 empty dish. He has swallowed me like a sea monster. He filled 432 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,560 his belly on my delicacies. He has vomited me out, says the 433 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,250 inhabitant of Zion. Let the violence done to me and my 434 00:28:07,250 --> 00:28:11,150 family be done to Babylon. Let my blood be on the inhabitants 435 00:28:11,150 --> 00:28:15,470 of Cal dia says Jerusalem. Therefore, this is what the Lord 436 00:28:15,470 --> 00:28:19,730 says. I am about to plead your case and take vengeance on your 437 00:28:19,730 --> 00:28:23,480 behalf. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain run dry. 438 00:28:23,930 --> 00:28:27,440 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals den, a 439 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,610 desolation and an object of scorn without inhabitant. They 440 00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:35,390 will roar together like young lions, they will growl like lion 441 00:28:35,390 --> 00:28:38,990 cubs. While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a 442 00:28:38,990 --> 00:28:42,860 feast and I will make them drunk so that they rebel, then they 443 00:28:42,860 --> 00:28:46,760 will fall asleep forever and never wake up. This is the 444 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,570 Lord's declaration. I will bring them down like lambs to the 445 00:28:50,570 --> 00:28:55,190 slaughter, like rams together with male goats. How Shishak has 446 00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:59,750 been captured, the praise of the whole earth seized what a horror 447 00:28:59,750 --> 00:29:03,830 Babylon has become among the nations. The sea has risen over 448 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:08,150 Babylon, she is covered with its turbulent waves. Her cities have 449 00:29:08,150 --> 00:29:12,620 become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one 450 00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:16,760 lives where no human being passes through. I will punish 451 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,540 Belle and Babylon. I will make him vomit what he has swallowed. 452 00:29:20,870 --> 00:29:24,170 The nations will no longer stream to him, even Babylons 453 00:29:24,170 --> 00:29:28,430 wall will fall come out from among her my people save your 454 00:29:28,430 --> 00:29:32,000 lives each of you from the Lord's burning anger. May you 455 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,330 not become cowardly and fearful when the report is proclaimed in 456 00:29:35,330 --> 00:29:38,750 the land for the report will come one year and then another 457 00:29:38,780 --> 00:29:42,140 the next year. There will be violence in the land with ruler 458 00:29:42,140 --> 00:29:45,920 against ruler. Therefore look the days are coming when I will 459 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,580 punish Babylons carved images her entire land will suffer 460 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:53,600 shame and all her slain will lie fallen within her heaven and 461 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,600 earth and everything in them will shout for joy over Babylon 462 00:29:56,630 --> 00:29:59,570 because the destroyers from the North will come against her. 463 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,490 This is the Lord's declaration. Babylon must fall because of the 464 00:30:04,490 --> 00:30:07,790 slain of Israel, even as the slain of all the earth fell 465 00:30:07,790 --> 00:30:12,110 because of Babylon. You who have escaped the sword go and do not 466 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:16,520 stand still. Remember the Lord from far away and let Jerusalem 467 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,210 come to your mind. We are ashamed because we have heard 468 00:30:20,210 --> 00:30:24,140 insults, humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have 469 00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:28,040 entered the holy places of the Lord's temple. Therefore, look, 470 00:30:28,130 --> 00:30:31,820 the days are coming. This is the Lord's declaration, when I will 471 00:30:31,820 --> 00:30:35,360 punish her carved images and the wounded will grown throughout 472 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,870 her land. Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and 473 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:42,830 fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her 474 00:30:42,830 --> 00:30:47,570 from me. This is the Lord's declaration, the sound of a cry 475 00:30:47,570 --> 00:30:50,960 from Babylon. The sound of great destruction from the land of the 476 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,190 Chaldeans, For the Lord is going to devastate Babylon, he will 477 00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:59,570 silence her mighty voice. Their waves roar like abundant waters, 478 00:30:59,750 --> 00:31:03,290 the tumult of their voice resounds for a destroyer is 479 00:31:03,290 --> 00:31:07,280 coming against her against Babylon. Her warriors will be 480 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,030 captured, their bows shattered, For the Lord is a God of 481 00:31:11,030 --> 00:31:15,830 retribution, he will certainly repay. I will make her princes 482 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:18,950 and sages drunk along with her governors, officials and 483 00:31:18,950 --> 00:31:22,520 warriors, then they will fall asleep forever and never wake 484 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,330 up. This is the Lord's declaration Yahweh of hosts this 485 00:31:26,330 --> 00:31:31,400 his name. This is what Yahweh of hosts says. Babylon is thick 486 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,460 walls will be totally demolished, and her high gates 487 00:31:34,460 --> 00:31:38,090 consumed by fire. The peoples will have labored for nothing. 488 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,970 The nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the 489 00:31:40,970 --> 00:31:45,740 fire. This is what Jeremiah the prophet commanded Surya son of 490 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:48,920 Nuria son of Maaseiah, the quartermaster when he went to 491 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,160 Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of 492 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,630 Zedekiah, his reign, Jeremiah wrote on one scroll all about 493 00:31:56,630 --> 00:31:59,900 the disaster that would come to Babylon. All these words were 494 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:04,640 written against Babylon. Jeremiah told Surya, when you 495 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,270 get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, you 496 00:32:08,270 --> 00:32:11,960 must say, Lord, you have threatened to cut off this place 497 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:15,860 so that no one will live in it man or beast, indeed it will 498 00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:19,340 remain desolate forever. When you have finished reading this 499 00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:22,490 scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the 500 00:32:22,490 --> 00:32:27,320 Euphrates River. Then say in the same way, Babylon will sink and 501 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,770 never rise again because of the disaster I am bringing on her, 502 00:32:30,860 --> 00:32:35,570 they will grow weary. The words of Jeremiah and here 503 00:32:36,110 --> 00:32:41,420 Jeremiah chapter 52. Zedekiah, was 21 years old when he became 504 00:32:41,420 --> 00:32:45,200 king and rained 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was 505 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:50,240 her mutal, daughter of Jeremiah, she was from Libnah Zedekiah did 506 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,120 what was evil in the Lord's sight just as Jehovah Kim had 507 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,720 done. Because of the Lord's anger. It came to the point in 508 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,690 Jerusalem and Judah that he finally banished them from his 509 00:32:59,690 --> 00:33:03,380 presence. Nevertheless, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of 510 00:33:03,380 --> 00:33:07,100 Babylon in the ninth year of Zedekiah. His reign on the 10th 511 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:10,220 day of the 10th month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 512 00:33:10,220 --> 00:33:14,480 advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege 513 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,350 to the city and built a siege wall all around it. The city was 514 00:33:18,350 --> 00:33:23,270 under siege until King Zedekiah his 11th year by the ninth day 515 00:33:23,270 --> 00:33:26,600 of the fourth month, the famine was so severe in the city that 516 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,290 the people of the land had no food. Then the city was broken 517 00:33:30,290 --> 00:33:34,700 into and all the warriors fled. They left the city by night by 518 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,760 way of the gate between the two walls near the king's garden. 519 00:33:37,820 --> 00:33:41,480 Though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way 520 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,200 along the route to Arab. The Kaldi and army pursued the king 521 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,190 and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho Zedekiah his 522 00:33:49,190 --> 00:33:52,880 entire family was scattered from him. The Chaldeans seized the 523 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,480 king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land 524 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,380 of Emeth. And he passed sentience on him. At Riblah, the 525 00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:03,410 king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah his sons before his 526 00:34:03,410 --> 00:34:07,100 eyes and also slaughtered the Judean commanders. Then he 527 00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:11,330 blinded Zedekiah and bound him with bronze chains. The king of 528 00:34:11,330 --> 00:34:14,360 Babylon brought Zedekiah to Babylon, where he kept him in 529 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:19,250 custody until his dying day. On the 10th day of the fifth month, 530 00:34:19,370 --> 00:34:22,490 which was the 19th year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 531 00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:25,970 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards entered Jerusalem as 532 00:34:25,970 --> 00:34:29,510 the representative of the king of Babylon. He burned the Lord's 533 00:34:29,510 --> 00:34:33,500 temple, the king's palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all 534 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:37,160 the houses of the nobles. The whole Chaldean army with the 535 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,340 commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding 536 00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:44,750 Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan the commander of the guards deported 537 00:34:44,780 --> 00:34:47,510 some of the poorest of the people as well as the rest of 538 00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:50,390 the people who were left in the city, the desert leaders who had 539 00:34:50,390 --> 00:34:53,630 defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen, 540 00:34:54,110 --> 00:34:57,050 but some of the poorest people of the land of Nebuzaradan, the 541 00:34:57,050 --> 00:35:00,590 commander of the guards left to be vinedressers and four armors 542 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,250 now the Chaldeans broke into pieces, the bronze pillars for 543 00:35:04,250 --> 00:35:07,400 the Lord's temple and the water carts and the bronze reservoir 544 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,280 that were in the Lord's temple and carried all the bronze to 545 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,180 Babylon. They took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, 546 00:35:14,210 --> 00:35:18,020 sprinkling basins, dishes and all the bronze articles used in 547 00:35:18,020 --> 00:35:20,990 the temple service. The commander of the guards took 548 00:35:20,990 --> 00:35:24,770 away the bowls, fire pans, sprinkling basins, pots, 549 00:35:24,860 --> 00:35:29,180 lampstands pans, and drink offering bowls whatever was gold 550 00:35:29,180 --> 00:35:33,260 or silver. As for the two pillars, the one reservoir and 551 00:35:33,260 --> 00:35:36,620 the 12 bronze bulls under the water carts that King Solomon 552 00:35:36,620 --> 00:35:39,800 had made for the Lord's temple. The weight of the bronze of all 553 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:44,450 these articles was beyond measure. One Pillar was 27 feet 554 00:35:44,450 --> 00:35:49,010 tall, had a circumference of 18 feet, was hollow, four fingers 555 00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:53,090 thick, and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital 556 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,960 encircled by bronze latticework and pomegranates stood seven and 557 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,500 a half feet high. The second pillar was the same with 558 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:05,090 pomegranates. Each capital had 96 pomegranates all around it, 559 00:36:05,570 --> 00:36:09,650 all the pomegranates around the latticework numbered 100 The 560 00:36:09,650 --> 00:36:12,590 commander of the guards also took away Surya, the chief 561 00:36:12,590 --> 00:36:16,100 priest, Zephaniah, the priest of the second rank and the three 562 00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:19,460 doorkeepers. From the city he took a court official who had 563 00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:22,550 been appointed over the Warriors, seven trusted royal 564 00:36:22,550 --> 00:36:25,610 Ades found in the city, the Secretary of the commander of 565 00:36:25,610 --> 00:36:28,670 the army, who enlisted the people of the land for military 566 00:36:28,670 --> 00:36:32,600 duty, and 60 men from the common people who are found within the 567 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,890 city. Nebuzaradan the commander of the guards took them and 568 00:36:36,890 --> 00:36:40,310 brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. The king of 569 00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:44,120 Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Emeth. So 570 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:48,230 Judah went into exile from its land. These are the people 571 00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:53,930 Nebuchadnezzar deported in the seventh year 3023 Jews in his 572 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:58,490 18th Year 832 people from Jerusalem, it Nebuchadnezzar his 573 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:02,360 23rd year Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards deported 574 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:08,810 745 Jews, altogether. 4600 people were deported. On the 575 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,830 25th day of the 12th month of the 37th fear of the exile of 576 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:16,760 Judas King Jehovah can evil marodex king of Babylon, in the 577 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,730 first year of his reign, pardoned King, Jehovah can of 578 00:37:19,730 --> 00:37:23,990 Judah, and released him from prison. He spoke kindly to him 579 00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:26,420 and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who are 580 00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:30,380 with him in Babylon. So Jehovah can changed his prison clothes, 581 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,530 and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon 582 00:37:33,740 --> 00:37:37,460 for the rest of his life. As for his allowance, a regular 583 00:37:37,460 --> 00:37:40,760 allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a portion 584 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,880 for each day until the day of his death for the rest of his 585 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:44,360 life. 586 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:50,390 So as we close out, Jeremiah, much of what we read was God 587 00:37:50,390 --> 00:37:53,600 warning the people of coming judgment. And that does not make 588 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,320 for fun reading does it? But imagine how difficult it was to 589 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,860 be in Jeremiah shoes being the one chosen to deliver these 590 00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:04,760 messages. No wonder he's known as the weeping prophet. It's 591 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,550 much more enjoyable to talk about the love of God, His 592 00:38:07,550 --> 00:38:10,910 faithfulness, His love, His forgiveness, his grace. But for 593 00:38:10,910 --> 00:38:14,030 there to be forgiveness in grace, there has to be a turning 594 00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:18,140 away from sin, there has to be repentance. And often the people 595 00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:21,740 who were under judgment showed that they had no interest in 596 00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:26,150 following the will of the Lord. In Genesis six, three, God said, 597 00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:31,430 My Spirit will not contend with man forever. God is patient, but 598 00:38:31,430 --> 00:38:35,930 he doesn't wait forever. This is true for nations. And it's true 599 00:38:35,930 --> 00:38:39,410 with individuals. Beloved, it would be good for each of us if 600 00:38:39,410 --> 00:38:42,380 there's something in our life that we know is not pleasing to 601 00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:46,850 God, to come to grips with it, and ask for forgiveness and His 602 00:38:46,850 --> 00:38:51,020 strength to leave it behind to get it out of our life. Think 603 00:38:51,020 --> 00:38:53,900 about how terrible it would be to continue to ignore his 604 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:57,350 pleading to turn to him, how terrible it would be to come to 605 00:38:57,350 --> 00:39:04,400 the end of God's patience. Well, so what do you do with the 606 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,160 thought that there is a limit to God's patience? What do you 607 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,740 think about that? Let me know call the Lifespring family 608 00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:15,830 Hotline at plus 1-951-732-8511. You can also comment via 609 00:39:15,830 --> 00:39:20,060 boostagram or go to comment.lifespringmedia.com. 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