Today is the 27th day of October. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I'm Brian. It's great to be here with you today.

As we gather and move forward, and stop at a time, a day at a time through the Scriptures.

And our step forward today will lead us back into the Book of Jeremiah. So we're reading from the New Living Translation this week.

Today, Jeremiah chapter 51 verses 1 through 53.

This is what the Lord says.

I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.

Foreigners will come and win over her, blowing her away as chaff.

They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble.

Don't let the archers put on their armor or draw their bows. Don't spare even her best soldiers. Let her army be completely destroyed.

They will fall dead in the land of the Babylonians, slash to death in her streets.

For the Lord of Heaven's armies is not abandoned Israel and Judah. He is still their God, even though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

Flea from Babylon. Save yourselves. Don't get trapped in her punishment. It is the Lord's time for vengeance. He will repay her in full.

Babylon has been a gold cup in the Lord's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine and it drove them all mad.

But suddenly, Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed.

We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go. Abandon her. Return now to your own land.

For her punishment reaches to the heavens. It is so great it cannot be measured. The Lord has vindicated us. Come.

Let us announce in Jerusalem everything the Lord our God has done.

Sharp in the arrows, lift up the shields. For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Meeds to march against Babylon and destroy her.

This is his vengeance against those who desecrate his temple.

Raise the battle flag against Babylon. Reinforce the guard and station the watchman. Prepare an ambush. For the Lord will fulfill all his plans against Babylon.

You are a city by a great river. A great center of commerce, but your end has come.

The threat of your life is cut. The Lord of Heaven's armies has taken this vow and is sworn to it by his own name.

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