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Jeremiah chapter 50 verses and 34 thus says the Lord of hosts, the people of Israel are oppressed and the people of Judah

with them.

All who took them captive have held them fast.

They refuse to let them go.

Their Redeemer is strong.

The Lord of hosts is his name.

He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth but unrest to the inhabitants of

Babylon. This whole chapter, Jeremiah chapter 50, is filled with God's judgment that is coming to the land of

Babylon to the people who have destroyed Jerusalem and taken God's people into exile, which, as we know from the

whole Book of Jeremiah and the story of the Old Testament was a result of God's judgment

upon their sin and their idolatry.

At the same time that did not mean that Babylon was innocent of

sin or idolatry or injustice, which is why in this chapter we read about how God is going to bring judgment

eventually and ultimately upon the people of Babylon for their sin and their injustice. The whole picture that we see all

over the Bible is that God's justice does not show favoritism, that God's justice will be poured out upon sin and

sinners yet. And this is the beauty that we see here in Jeremiah chapter 50.

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