Jeremiah 51:52

 Jeremiah 51:52 says, Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.  God warned the Babylonians that the day was coming when He would bring judgment on all the graven images, just as He will with all graven images one day when Jesus Christ returns.  God also said the wounded people, those who had not put their faith in Him, would groan.  Verse fifty-three declares, Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.  God told the Babylonians that no matter how much they fortified themselves militarily that they were still going to be defeated.  No matter how powerful a country may become today it will never stand against God's coming judgment.   Verse fifty-four adds, A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:   God said there would come a cry from Babylon at the coming destruction, just as we are told there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth by the lost when Jesus Christ returns in judgment.   Verse fifty-five continues, Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:  God said that He was the one responsible for their destruction, no matter who might be 5he ones to defeat them.  Verse fifty-six says,Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.  The people of Babylon were told that all their bows would be broken and her mighty men taken, and that it was because of God's judgment.  When God's judgment comes, all the weapons used against God will be useless and all those who think of themselves as powerful people who stand against Him shall bee defeated.   Verse fifty-seven adds, And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.  God said that all those who were in power in Babylon were going to die like drunken men.  No matter how wise or powerful someone may feel that he or she is today, he or she is like a drunk person when denying the authority of God.  Veree fifty-eight declares, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.   God said there was to be a total destruction of Babylon, which would include their cities and the people.   Nothing nor anyone can stand against God's judgment.   Verse fifty-nine states, The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.  Verse sixty adds, So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.  We are told of one particular time frame when Jeremiah prophesied the word of God against Babylon and that he wrote the prophesy in a book.  We today have God's word written for us in the Bible, and we should read and learn from it.  The Bible contains the truth of God's word to all people, but it is up to each individual to either accept or reject it.  Verse sixty-one states, And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;  Verse sixty-two adds, Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.  Jeremiah was sending Seraiah to read the words he had written to the people of Babylon and he was to make sure that they knew that it was God's word that was being read.  For the Bible to have any real impact in our lives today, we must acknowledge that it is God's word.  Verse sixty-three says,  And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:  Then verse sixty-four adds, And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.  Jeremiah told Seraiah that after he read the book that he was to tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates, and that its sinking would symbolize the sinking of Babylon.