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Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Devotional: November 9th

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Jeremiah 51:47-64

"Remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind" (v. 50). The faithful remnant were not asked to leave the corrupt environment of Babylon without knowing where to go. In order to take that courageous step the people had to be attracted away by deep affections (Psalms 137:5-6). Similarly today, the believer is invited to go forth from the religious camp of Christian profession "unto Him", to the Lord Jesus, who is present in the midst of the "two or three" who are gathered in His name (Hebrews 13:13).

When He has finished the accounts of all His judgments, the LORD signs them with a fearful name: "The LORD God of recompenses" (v. 56). However, one amazing fact is that these words of judgment against Babylon come before the account of the destruction of the temple in ch. 52. The downfall of the Babylonian idols has to be announced before the destruction of the temple has taken place (vv. 47, 52). In this way nobody could think that these idols are really more powerful than the God of Israel. Seven years before the capture of Jerusalem all these words were to be written in a book. And this book, after it was read, was to be thrown into the midst of the Euphrates by Seraiah, Baruch’s brother, as a sign that Babylon would be swallowed up.

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