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Jeremiah 50-51 Outline. God’s Judgment on the Nations. God declares the war on Babylon (50:1-28) God calls the armies against Babylon (50:29 - 51:32) God announces the victory over Babylon (51:33-58) God delivers the judgment to Babylon (51:59-64).
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Jeremiah 50-51 Outline God’s Judgment on the Nations • God declares the war on Babylon (50:1-28) • God calls the armies against Babylon (50:29 - 51:32) • God announces the victory over Babylon (51:33-58) • God delivers the judgment to Babylon (51:59-64)
Jeremiah 50-51 Outline God’s Judgment on the Nations • Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Jeremiah for Today • All nations will stand before God’s judgment (Jer. 46:1; Mt. 25:30-33)
Jeremiah for Today All nations will stand before God’s judgment • Jeremiah 46:1-2 1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Jeremiah for Today All nations will stand before God’s judgment • Matthew 25:30-33 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Jeremiah for Today • The day of the Lord is coming for all (Jer. 46:10; 1 Thess. 5:1-3)
Jeremiah for Today The day of the Lord is coming for all • Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satisfied and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah for Today The day of the Lord is coming for all • 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Jeremiah for Today • No sin will go unpunished (Jer. 49:12; Rom. 6:23)
Jeremiah for Today No sin will go unpunished • Jeremiah 49:12 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah for Today No sin will go unpunished • Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jeremiah for Today • Some trust in strength (Jer. 46:5-6; 1 Tim. 4:7-8)
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in strength Jeremiah 46:5-6 5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord. 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in strength • 1 Timothy 4:7-8 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Jeremiah for Today • Some trust in false gods (Jer. 46:25; 1 Jn. 5:21)
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in false gods Jeremiah 46:25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in false gods • 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Jeremiah for Today • Some trust in treasures (Jer. 48:7; 1 Tim. 6:9-10)
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in treasures Jeremiah 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. Numbers 21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in treasures • 1 Timothy 6:9-10 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Jeremiah for Today • Some are complacent (Jer. 48:11; Rev. 3:17)
Jeremiah for Today Some are complacent Jeremiah 48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. lees - Sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine
Jeremiah for Today Some are complacent • Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Jeremiah for Today • Some are proud (Jer. 48:29-30; 1 Pet. 5:5)
Jeremiah for Today Some are proud • Jeremiah 48:29-30 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but itshall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
Jeremiah for Today Some are proud • 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Jeremiah for Today • Some trust in worldly wisdom (Jer. 49:7; 1 Cor. 1:18-19)
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in worldly wisdom • Jeremiah 49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Jeremiah for Today Some trust in worldly wisdom • 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Jeremiah for Today • Some rejoice in unrighteousness (Jer. 50:11; 1 Cor. 13:4-6)
Jeremiah for Today Some rejoice in unrighteousness • Jeremiah 50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
Jeremiah for Today Some rejoice in unrighteousness • 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 4 Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;