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Jeremiah 50:2

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Raise the signal flags; shout so all nations can hear-- Babylon will be captured! Marduk, Babylon's god, will be ashamed and terrified, and his idols broken.

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They will be afraid and say, "Look at what God has done and keep it all in mind."

Tell every nation on earth, "The LORD is wonderful and does marvelous things!

Those who brag about the useless idols they worship are terribly ashamed, and all the false gods bow down to the LORD.

At that time you will say, "Our LORD, we are thankful, and we worship only you. We will tell the nations how glorious you are and what you have done.

From high on a barren hill give a signal, shout the orders, and point the way to enter the gates of Babylon's proud rulers.

Now I see column after column of cavalry troops." Right away someone shouted, "Babylon has fallen! Every idol in the city lies broken on the ground."

They destroyed the idols of wood and stone that the people of those nations had made and worshiped.

Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah was well, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him.

The gods Bel and Nebo are down on their knees, as wooden images of them are carried away on weary animals.

Now leave Babylon! Celebrate as you go. Be happy and shout for everyone to hear, "The LORD has rescued his servant Israel!

You heard what I said, and you have seen it happen. Now admit that it's true! I will show you secrets you have never known.

You told me to say that idols did not create the heavens and the earth, and that you, the LORD, will destroy every idol.

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

Listen to me, you nations nearby or across the sea. I scattered the people of Israel, but I will gather them again. I will protect them like a shepherd guarding a flock;

The LORD said, "Tell the nations that my people have rebelled against me. And so an army will come from far away to surround Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Head for Jerusalem or another walled town!' "Jeremiah, tell them I'm sending disaster from the north.

The sounds of your destruction will be heard among the nations, and the earth will shake.

Raise the signal flag and attack the city walls. Post more guards. Have soldiers watch the city and set up ambushes. I have made plans to destroy Babylon, and nothing will stop me.

Signal the nations to get ready to attack. Raise a flag and blow a trumpet. Send for the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Choose a commander; let the cavalry attack like a swarm of locusts.

One messenger after another announces to the king, "Babylon has been captured!

I will punish Marduk, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit up everything he gobbled down. Then nations will no longer bring him gifts, and Babylon's walls will crumble.

The time will come when I will punish Babylon's false gods. Everyone there will die, and the whole nation will be disgraced,

Soon I will send a war to punish Babylon's idols and leave its wounded people moaning everywhere.

But suddenly, Babylon will fall and be destroyed. I, the LORD, told the foreigners who lived there, "Weep for the city! Get medicine for its wounds; maybe they will heal."

Jehoiachin was a prisoner in Babylon for thirty-seven years. Then Evil Merodach became king of Babylonia, and in the first year of his rule, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he let Jehoiachin out of prison.

So I tell all nations on earth, "Watch what I will do!

The Lord let Nebuchadnezzar capture Jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in God's temple. And when the king returned to Babylonia, he put these things in the temple of his own god.

"I hear that you refuse to worship my gods and the gold statue I have set up.

I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are.

The angel shouted, "Fallen! Powerful Babylon has fallen and is now the home of demons. It is the den of every filthy spirit and of all unclean birds, and every dirty and hated animal.




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