Jeremiah 50:34-40 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwell in from generation to generation. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, said the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
‘Sword is upon the Chaldeans, said the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.’ The swords of the Medes and Persians were to destroy the Chaldeans, the inhabitants of Babylon, the princes, the wise men, the liars, the mighty men, the horses, the mingled people, and all classes (50:35-37).
‘Drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up.’ This perhaps refers to the turning of the waters of the Euphrates from the regular channel – from going under the great gates of the city to a large lake bed and lowlands outside the city, so that the invaders could get into the city by the river channel.
‘Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there… it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.’ These two verses predict the final, complete, and eternal destruction of Babylon in the day of the Lord and under the seventh vial (50:39-40; Isa. 13:6, 9, 19-22; Rev. 16:17-21; 18:1-24). When it is destroyed in the final day it will never be inhabited again; so since Babylon will be a great city again in the future this prophecy must refer to the future.
‘As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.’ Babylon has never yet been destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and will not be until its sudden and complete destruction by God in one hour by the earthquake of Revelation 16:17-21; 18:1-24.
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