Day 167: April 6, 2026 – Jeremiah 49-52 and Proverbs 25

Finally, we get to hear that God is going to destroy Babylon, and not use Babylon as a club to bash the nations around Israel, including Israel itself. We see that the future promise that Babylon one day will lie in ruins is a promise not for the present, but certainly for the future. We see that this promise does not come about, and is not fulfilled, until well after Jeremiah is around. But nevertheless, the promise is made and so the people get to count on God redeeming his people. I was struck by the detail of the number of people who make their way out of Israel as a result of the destroying forces of Babylon. Babylon will get what they deserve, but not until after they destroy the temple and all of Jerusalem. That does happen.