His Words Are Life

Jeremiah 50:27 To 51:62

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:15 Hello and welcome, to "His Words are Life. "
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
00:19 we are going to be reading
00:20 together in the Book of Jeremiah.
00:22 But let's pray together before we start.
00:25 Dear Heavenly Father,
00:26 please be with us in these next few minutes
00:30 as we hear your words.
00:32 May they give us encouragement.
00:34 May they give us strength.
00:36 May they teach us to walk more closely with you.
00:38 We love you so much
00:40 and thank you for loving us. Amen.
00:43 I'm reading in Jeremiah Chapter 50
00:46 beginning with verse 27,
00:48 and this is the King James Version.
00:51 Slay all her bullocks,
00:53 let them go down to the slaughter, woe unto them.
00:57 For their day is come, the time of their visitation.
01:00 The voice of them that flee
01:02 and escape out of the land of Babylon,
01:04 to declare in Zion
01:05 the vengeance of the Lord our God,
01:07 the vengeance of his temple.
01:09 Call together the archers against Babylon,
01:12 all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about,
01:15 let none thereof escape,
01:17 recompense her according to her work,
01:19 according to all that she hath done,
01:21 do unto her, for she hath been proud against the Lord,
01:25 against the Holy One of Israel.
01:28 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets,
01:30 and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,
01:32 saith the Lord. Behold, I am against thee,
01:36 O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts,
01:39 for thy day is come,
01:41 the time that I will visit thee.
01:43 And the most proud shall stumble and fall,
01:45 and none shall raise him up,
01:46 and I will kindle a fire in his cities,
01:48 and it shall devour all round about him.
01:51 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the children of Israel
01:54 and the children of Judah were oppressed together,
01:56 and all that took them captives held them fast,
01:59 they refused to let them go.
02:02 Their redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is his name,
02:06 he shall thoroughly plead their cause,
02:08 that he may give rest to the land,
02:10 and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
02:13 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord,
02:16 and upon the inhabitants of Babylon,
02:18 and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
02:20 A sword is upon the liars, and they shall dote,
02:23 a sword is upon her mighty men,
02:26 and they shall be dismayed.
02:28 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots,
02:31 and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her,
02:34 and they shall become as women,
02:37 a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
02:41 A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up,
02:45 for it is the land of graven images,
02:47 and they are mad upon their idols.
02:49 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert
02:52 with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there,
02:55 and the owls shall dwell therein,
02:57 and it shall be no more inhabited forever,
03:00 neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
03:05 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
03:08 and the neighbor cities thereof,
03:09 saith the Lord, so shall no man abide there,
03:13 neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
03:16 Behold, a people shall come from the north,
03:19 and a great nation, and many kings
03:21 shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
03:24 They shall hold the bow and the lance,
03:27 they are cruel, and will not show mercy,
03:30 their voice shall roar like the sea,
03:32 and they shall ride upon horses,
03:34 every one put in array, like a man to the battle,
03:36 against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
03:39 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them,
03:41 and his hands waxed feeble, anguish took hold of him,
03:45 and pangs as of a woman in travail.
03:48 Behold, he shall come up like a lion
03:49 from the swelling of Jordan
03:51 unto the habitation of the strong,
03:54 but I will make them suddenly run away from her,
03:56 and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her?
03:59 For who is like me?
04:00 And who will appoint me the time?
04:02 And who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
04:06 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord,
04:08 that he hath taken against Babylon,
04:10 and his purposes, that he hath purposed
04:13 against the land of the Chaldeans.
04:15 Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out,
04:18 surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
04:21 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved,
04:25 and the cry is heard among the nations.
04:28 Reading from Jeremiah Chapter 51
04:31 and this is the King James Version.
04:33 Thus saith the Lord,
04:35 Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
04:38 and against them that dwell in the midst of them
04:41 that rise up against me, a destroying wind,
04:44 And will send unto Babylon fanners,
04:47 that shall fan her, and shall empty her land,
04:49 for in the day of trouble they shall be
04:51 against her round about.
04:53 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow,
04:56 and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine,
05:00 and spare ye not her young men,
05:01 destroy ye utterly all her host.
05:04 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
05:07 and they that are thrust through in her streets.
05:11 For Israel hath not been forsaken,
05:13 nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts,
05:17 though their land was filled with sin
05:18 against the Holy One of Israel.
05:20 Flee out of the midst of Babylon,
05:22 and deliver every man his soul,
05:24 be not cut off in her iniquity,
05:26 for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
05:29 he will render unto her a recompense.
05:33 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
05:36 that made all the earth drunken,
05:38 the nations have drunken of her wine,
05:40 therefore the nations are mad.
05:42 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed,
05:46 howl for her, take balm for her pain,
05:50 if so be she may be healed.
05:52 We would have healed Babylon,
05:54 but she is not healed, forsake her,
05:56 and let us go every one into his own country,
05:59 for her judgment reacheth unto heaven,
06:01 and is lifted up even to the skies.
06:03 The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness,
06:06 come, and let us declare in Zion
06:08 the work of the Lord our God.
06:11 Make bright the arrows, gather the shields,
06:14 the Lord hath raised up
06:15 the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
06:17 for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it,
06:20 because it is the vengeance of the Lord,
06:22 the vengeance of his temple.
06:24 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon,
06:27 make the watch strong,
06:29 set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes,
06:31 for the Lord hath both devised
06:33 and done that which he spake
06:35 against the inhabitants of Babylon.
06:37 O thou that dwellest upon many waters,
06:40 abundant in treasures, thine end is come,
06:44 and the measure of thy covetousness.
06:46 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself,
06:48 saying, surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars,
06:52 and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
06:55 He hath made the earth by his power,
06:57 he hath established the world by his wisdom,
07:00 and hath stretched out the heave by his understanding.
07:03 When he uttereth his voice,
07:04 there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
07:07 and he causeth the vapours
07:08 to ascend from the ends of the earth,
07:11 he maketh lightnings with rain,
07:13 and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
07:16 Every man is brutish by his knowledge,
07:19 every founder is confounded by the graven image,
07:23 for his molten image is falsehood,
07:26 and there is no breath in them.
07:28 They are vanity, the work of errors,
07:31 in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
07:35 The portion of Jacob is not like them,
07:38 for he is the former of all things,
07:40 and Israel is the rod of his inheritance,
07:42 the Lord of hosts is his name.
07:46 Thou art my battle ax and weapons of war,
07:49 for with thee will I break in pieces the nations,
07:51 and with thee will I destroy kingdoms,
07:54 And with thee will I break in pieces
07:55 the horse and his rider,
07:57 and with thee will I break in pieces
07:59 the chariot and his rider,
08:02 With thee also will I break in pieces
08:04 man and woman, and with thee
08:05 will I break in pieces old and young,
08:07 and with thee will I break in pieces
08:08 the young man and the maid,
08:10 I will also break in pieces
08:11 with thee the shepherd and his flock,
08:13 and with thee will I break in pieces
08:15 the husbandman and his yoke of oxen,
08:17 and with thee will I break in pieces
08:19 captains and rulers.
08:21 And I will render unto Babylon
08:23 and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil
08:27 that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
08:32 Behold, I am against thee,
08:33 O destroying mountain, saith the Lord,
08:36 which destroyest all the earth,
08:38 and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee,
08:40 and roll thee down from the rocks,
08:43 and will make thee a burnt mountain.
08:45 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner,
08:48 nor a stone for foundations,
08:51 but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith the Lord.
08:55 Set ye up a standard in the land,
08:57 blow the trumpet among the nations,
08:59 prepare the nations against her,
09:01 call together against her the kingdoms
09:03 of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz,
09:07 appoint a captain against her,
09:08 cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.
09:11 Prepare against her the nations
09:13 with the kings of the Medes,
09:14 the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof,
09:17 and all the land of his dominion.
09:20 And the land shall tremble and sorrow,
09:23 for every purpose of the Lord
09:25 shall be performed against Babylon,
09:27 to make the land of Babylon
09:29 a desolation without an inhabitant.
09:32 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight,
09:35 they have remained in their holds,
09:37 their might hath failed, they became as women,
09:40 they have burned her dwelling places,
09:42 her bars are broken.
09:44 One post shall run to meet another,
09:47 and one messenger to meet another,
09:49 to show the king of Babylon
09:50 that his city is taken at one end,
09:53 and that the passages are stopped,
09:55 and the reeds they have burned with fire,
09:57 and the men of war are affrighted.
10:00 For thus saith the Lord of hosts,
10:02 the God of Israel,
10:03 the daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,
10:06 it is time to thresh her, yet a little while,
10:09 and the time of her harvest shall come.
10:12 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon
10:14 hath devoured me, he hath crushed me,
10:17 he hath made me an empty vessel,
10:20 he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,
10:22 he hath filled his belly with my delicates,
10:24 he hath cast me out.
10:27 The violence done to me
10:28 and to my flesh be upon Babylon,
10:31 shall the inhabitant of Zion say,
10:33 and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,
10:36 shall Jerusalem say.
10:38 Therefore thus saith the Lord,
10:39 Behold, I will plead thy cause,
10:41 and take vengeance for thee,
10:44 and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
10:47 And Babylon shall become heaps,
10:50 a dwelling place for dragons,
10:51 an astonishment, and an hissing,
10:53 without an inhabitant.
10:55 They shall roar together like lions,
10:56 they shall yell as lions' whelps.
10:59 In their heat I will make their feasts,
11:01 and I will make them drunken,
11:03 that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep,
11:06 and not wake, saith the Lord.
11:08 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
11:11 like rams with he goats. How is Sheshach taken?
11:16 And how is the praise of the whole earth surprised?
11:18 How is Babylon become an astonishment
11:21 among the nations?
11:22 The sea is come up upon Babylon,
11:24 she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
11:27 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness,
11:32 a land wherein no man dwelleth,
11:34 neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
11:38 And I will punish Bel in Babylon,
11:41 and I will bring forth out of his mouth
11:42 that which he hath swallowed up,
11:44 and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him,
11:47 yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
11:51 My people, go ye out of the midst of her,
11:53 and deliver ye every man his soul
11:55 from the fierce anger of the Lord.
11:57 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumor
12:00 that shall be heard in the land,
12:01 a rumor shall both come one year,
12:03 and after that in another year shall come a rumor,
12:05 and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
12:09 Therefore, behold, the days come,
12:10 that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon,
12:14 and her whole land shall be confounded,
12:16 and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
12:20 Then the heaven and the earth,
12:21 and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon,
12:24 for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north,
12:26 saith the Lord.
12:28 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall,
12:31 so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
12:36 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away,
12:38 stand not still, remember the Lord afar off,
12:41 and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
12:43 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach,
12:46 shame hath covered our faces, for strangers are come
12:50 into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house.
12:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
12:55 that I will do judgment upon her graven images,
12:58 and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
13:02 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
13:05 and though she should fortify the height of her strength,
13:08 yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
13:13 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon,
13:16 and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans
13:20 because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon,
13:21 and destroyed out of her the great voice,
13:23 when her waves do roar like great waters,
13:26 a noise of their voice is uttered.
13:28 Because the spoiler is come upon her,
13:30 even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken,
13:33 every one of their bows is broken,
13:36 for the Lord God of recompenses
13:38 shall surely requite.
13:40 And I will make drunk her princes,
13:42 and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers,
13:45 and her mighty men,
13:46 and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep,
13:48 and not wake, saith the King,
13:50 whose name is the Lord of hosts.
13:53 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
13:54 the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken,
13:58 and her high gates shall be burned with fire,
14:00 and the people shall labor in vain,
14:02 and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
14:06 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded
14:09 Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah,
14:12 when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah
14:14 into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
14:17 And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
14:20 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil
14:23 that should come upon Babylon, even all these words
14:26 that are written against Babylon.
14:29 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, when thou comest to Babylon,
14:32 and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,
14:36 Then shalt thou say,
14:37 O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place.


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