I will raise up against Babylon... a destroying wind

well, it sure is pretty windy tonite here in virginia...

What book and verse is that from?

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The OP's handle is the address. Fit in nicely with the chapter after an attempt is made to kill Jeremiah. If you ever read about God being somewhat pissed that is one thing that will do it, Topped by attempting to seal any man with the worship mark. The ultimate is making a false throne which is representative of the reality that come through only the Holy Spirit, that is the sin against her that will not be forgiven in this world or the next as she is the throne in Re:4 and the one in New Jerusalem.

Jer:25:8-11:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Because ye have not heard my words,
Jer:25:9:
Behold,
I will send and take all the families of the north,
saith the LORD,
and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon,
my servant,
and will bring them against this land,
and against the inhabitants thereof,
and against all these nations round about,
and will utterly destroy them,
and make them an astonishment,
and an hissing,
and perpetual desolations.
Jer:25:10:
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth,
and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom,
and the voice of the bride,
the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Jer:25:11:
And this whole land shall be a desolation,
and an astonishment;
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jer:25:15:
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me;
Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand,
and cause all the nations,
to whom I send thee,
to drink it.
Jer:25:16:
And they shall drink,
and be moved,
and be mad,
because of the sword that I will send among them.
Jer:25:17:
Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand,
and made all the nations to drink,
unto whom the LORD had sent me:

Jer:25:26:
And all the kings of the north,
far and near,
one with another,
and all the kingdoms of the world,
which are upon the face of the earth:
and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
Jer:25:27:
Therefore thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel;
Drink ye,
and be drunken,
and spue,
and fall,
and rise no more,
because of the sword which I will send among you.
Jer:25:28:
And it shall be,
if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink,
then shalt thou say unto them,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Ye shall certainly drink.

Jer:25:32:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Behold,
evil shall go forth from nation to nation,
and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jer:25:33:
And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:
they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered,
nor buried;
they shall be dung upon the ground.
Jer:25:34:
Howl,
ye shepherds,
and cry;
and wallow yourselves in the ashes,
ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished;
and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Jer:25:35:
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee,
nor the principal of the flock to escape.
Jer:25:36:
A voice of the cry of the shepherds,
and an howling of the principal of the flock,
shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
Jer:25:37:
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jeremiah 31 is a much gentler chapter as the men being killed are also somewhat equal to the slaughter of the innocents in that because they were part of a prophecy they can be retrieved from the grave or land of the enemy as Jeremiah knew it.

a fart

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Jeremiah 50 and 51 are prophecies against Babylon.

At the end of Jeremiah 51 the prophecy is bound to
a stone and casted into the Euphrates River at Babylon
[ancient Babylon literally sat upon the Euphrates River.]

The irony is... when the 70 year punishment was finished,
God's Anointed King from the East, Cyrus, had a brilliant
plan to enter Babylon secretly. He cut canals and when
the timing was right he diverted the Euphrates River and
dried up the flow of water into Babylon... this allowed
Cyrus' troops to secretly enter Babylon by covertly going
UNDER Babylon's wall [along the dried up river bed] that
was too strong for Cyrus to breach overtly.

So... symbolically speaking... when Cyrus dried up the
Euphrates River at Babylon, Jeremiah's prophecy against
Babylon was released.

Rev 16:12... an angel drying of the Euphrates River to
prepare the way for the Kings of the East is symbolic
of how God's Anointed King from the East, Cyrus, conquered
Babylon.




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And I shall smoketh it.

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Learn the lesson of Jeremiah the prophet.


He told God's People they would be in bondage to Babylon
for 70 years.

While in Babylonian bondage, God's People were told to
live their life as normal as possible.

However, some people did not like what Jeremiah told them.

Some sought to kill Jeremiah.

Some sought to flee to Egypt to try to escape the Babylonians
[so God arranged for Babylon to also conquer Egypt.]

In the end... God's People were in bondage 70 years.

62 of those 70 years, God was raising up the righteous king
who would liberate them.



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