Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"A sword is against the Chaldeans"
Text: Jeremiah 50:35
THE SYMBOL OF THE SWORD
The sword was used as a symbol for war. It was always used as a symbol for judgment and execution.
“‘A sword is against the Chaldeans,’ says the LORD,
‘Against the inhabitants of Babylon,
And against her princes and her wise men.
A sword is against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.'”
Jeremiah 50:35-37
1. The word “sword” in this context:
a) It is obviously used as a symbol.
b) It is a symbol of God’s divine judgment on the Babylonians.
c) The many things listed represents the things that had made
the Babylonian empire so great.
2. There was a general statement of divine judgment: “Against the Chaldean”.
3. Specific Divine Judgments were also declared against the following:
a) The inhabitants of Babylon
b) The princes
c) The wise men
d) The soothsayers, and they will be fools.
e) The mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
f) The horses and chariots.
g) The mixed people (people who chose to live in Babylon).
h) The treasures will be robbed.