Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Every purpose of the LORD shall be performed"
Text: Jeremiah 51:29
THE SOVEREIGN PURPOSES OF GOD
The sovereignty of God stands out prominently as we read Jeremiah. In this text, God declares that all His purposes against Babylon would be carried out!
“Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her,
Call the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,
To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 51:27-29
1. “Set up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations
against her, call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her; cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts”
a) Nations would be called to go against Babylon.
b) Some of these nations were named (Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz).
c) They were urged to appoint a leader (a general) from among themselves.
d) They were tasked to organise themselves well.
e) They would need a huge army to battle successfully.
f) They must be as hungry and eager as bristling locusts.
2. “Prepare against her the nations, with the kings of the Medes,
its governors and all its rulers, all the land of his dominion”
a) The Medes were also mentioned.
b) The Median kings would play a major role in this war against the Babylonians.
c) The kings would need to have the support of all governors and rulers.
3. “And the land will tremble and sorrow;
for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant”
a) The land of Babylon would tremble and sorrow.
b) They knew that their empire was coming to an end.
c) The land would become utterly desolated.
d) The sovereign purposes of the LORD would be performed (fulfilled)!