Jer 51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against Me, a destroying wind;
Babylon here is prophetically speaking of the confusion coming out of the masses of confused people. God is AGAINST the CITY and those who DWELL (or agree with) there.
DWELL DEFINITION yaw-shab’
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
Anyone who agrees with the teachings coming out of the world is “dwelling” with those doctrines, and God is AGAINST them too.
They DWELL “in the MIDST” of them. Is this a physical place where they dwell, like a city or a street? Well these words in HEBREW are actually a cryptogram!
When you work the cryptogram, instead of the words “in the MIDST” you have the “Chaldeans”, and it means People that are PARTICIPATING in Babylon or those those that are in the midst of THE confusion, in the futurist sense of the end times.
We also see here a “people” WITHIN a people! OR CERTAIN people from WITHIN Babylon, or the HEART of the controversy! We ARE talking about the kenites who bring about this confusion in the spiritual sense.
God doesn’t like CONFUSION which causes people to ambush each-other like the kenites would do to us if they could. This is basically EVIL FIGS, and when a true Christian sees this kind of activity, just like Jeremiah, THEY RECOGNIZE it and SEE IT.
Jeremiah looked and saw those bad nasty figs, based on HOW THEY BEHAVED. Thank you Father, for telling us that AT the HEART OF CONFUSION is this very Kenite methodology. WE TOO can recognize the BAD FIGS just like Jeremiah DID!
Jer 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
A fanner is one who thrashes the grain. Someone would take the wheat and cast it into the air and the wind would blow away the chaff.
The fanners shall EMPTY the LAND. In verse one we had the “destroying wind”, and now we have the fanners blowing away the chaff OUT of the LAND.
When we look at the OUTLINE of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms,
to root out,
and to pull down,
and to destroy,
and to throw down,
to build, and to plant.
That’s 6 actions AGAINST the world & the LAND.
If we follow the outline, the first stage is to ROOT OUT. This is necessary because the kenites are at the HEART of all this confusion, and they also are located in a master location, Israel. Once they are removed the LAND will be EMPTY. What LAND could this be referring to? In the futurist sense, the King of Babylon (satan) will be ruling in the LAND of Jerusalem.
This verse pictures so many in the LAND that are chaff, that it will be EMPTY when they are removed. It doesn’t say that something will be leftover, but EMPTY, those are not my Words, but God’s Words and we must heed the emphasis that God has placed upon it. If He says “EMPTY” then I say EMPTY! Just like in Jeremiah 10:20 where ALL her children are GONE, and NO ONE IS left to set up the Temple of the LORD.
We know that God will return and put HIS people in the LAND, that is the PLANT part. Which is the LAST part, just like the 7th trump is the LAST TRUMP. It is really beautiful to see Revelation tied into this.
Jer 51:3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
This should be translated “NOT ONLY” the archers will be destroyed, but utterly the whole host.
Jer 51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
They aren’t going to escape the confusion. It is a spiritual death that they are experiencing.
Jer 51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Both HOUSES are NOT forgotten! EVEN though their LAND is filled with sin. That LAND is Judah, which He chose and married in Ezekiel 16.
Jer 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Deliver his SOUL, not the flesh body. God wants your heart, not your bloodline.
Jer 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
The golden cup brings us right up to Revelation. This future and coming King of Babylon affects the ENTIRE EARTH, not just the land of Judah.
Jer 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Suddenly is the key here. In the futurist sense, it will happen in a moment at the 7th trump.
Jer 51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
We “would” have, meaning we wanted to help them! We tried to help them, but she wouldn’t have any part of it, and was not healed. At that point, we have to let it go, God will come, and His judgment will make everything right.
Jer 51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
The very bringing forth of the Word of God dispels confusion because lies cannot stand.
Jer 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.
Sharpen your arrows of truth, which is the Word of God. His Temple is God’s elect. The third step in the Jer 1:10 outline is to DESTROY Babylon, and God will use His elect in part to execute His vengeance.
Jer 51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which He spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
What is that standard? The Word of God! The Watchmen are recording the passage of benchmarks that take place, and as it gets close they sound the alarm.
Jer 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
A direct reference to Revelation 17 of mystery Babylon. Revelation also discusses in chapter 11 how John is to measure the Temple.
Jer 51:14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
Caterpillers are locust. We know who the locust army is, and what they are saying against our God and against our country. It is happening.
Jer 51:15 He hath made the earth by His power, He hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
As sure as God created the earth, He will close this dispensation when mystery Babylon comes to her full, and the locusts swarm over the land. God has the wisdom to complete this in His infinite wisdom, when “man” does not have this knowledge, without God they are just bags of hot air, like Job’s friends, going on and on in their own wisdom which is futile and empty compared to God’s wisdom. God’s wisdom is similar to the way He created the earth. It has beauty on the first level, it has beauty when you look closer, it has infinite clarity and design when you dissect it, and it has purpose from every angle when you wonder a little, why plants, or stars work the way they do.
Jer 51:16 When He uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: He maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasures.
God’s word is very similar to His creation, His wisdom is not hidden from us, but expressed in CREATION. Those beautiful flowers, the water cycle, the ecosystem, the heavens… HE makes lightning with RAIN! Think about the exchange of energy, organized in the very molecules of the air, and the heavy molecules of the water. This is an extremely delicate balance of energy, pressure, and temperature, one mistake and you’ve got ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, but instead God makes LIGHTNING! Reading God’s word with understanding is like watching a lightning storm, a miracle of REAL power and love.
Jer 51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Now compare this with some man’s theory, some man’s religious tradition, they own path to heaven, their own theologies, their own “righteousness”, their own “words of wisdom”. God is saying that is empty and lifeless and without comparison. Essentially it’s dead. They can’t “found” a new religion and have anything of value. Brutish is the only reason they would do this, it means something that consumes itself, and man’s wisdom is similar to this, he eats it all up and it’s gone.
Jer 51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
You know, they think their “work” that they spend so much time on is meaningful, but when it is not based on God’s Word, then it’s just a pile of errors. They’ve taken one brick from their own beliefs and stacked error on top of error, and they won’t reap anything from their life’s work.
Jer 51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of His inheritance: the LORD of hosts is His name.
Jacob is God’s portion, that is all the natural seed of the tribes of Israel. God will use His elect as a rod to correct His people, and help bring them out of confusion.
Jer 51:20 Thou art My battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
God’s hand is one of the most powerful thing in the world, when He uses His people , God can move mountains with His elect! Mountains symbolizing nations, meaning God has control over all the nations.
Jer 51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
God is going to use His elect of Israel, but also He is going to use the kings and queens of the ethnos, as He used Cyrus, an ethnos to complete the historical part of this prophecy.
Jer 51:22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
God is going to use us, His elect to break apart CONFUSION. Old traditions, young traditions of man, and/or religions of men. Piece by piece, the blocks of confusion will be taken down and out of the minds of God’s people.
Jer 51:23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
The shepherd and his flock here, is the false shepherd or satan. He has caused confusion in many churches by implanting false doctrine and traditions of men. Even those who are considered the leaders and power-brokers, God is going to give His elect power over everything.
Jer 51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
They will finally get what is coming to them for ignoring the Bible, and trusting in some man. Those who have a destiny, will perform it. Have you seen injustice? Have you seen false teachings & people spreading CONFUSION rather than teaching God’s true word? Don’t worry, God SEES what they are saying, and He SEES what they do in their secret places. Confusion will get exactly what it deserves, that is God’s promise to us. Thank you Father for your promises! As Isa 43:26 says ” Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. ” That thou mayest be justified. Thank you Father!
Jer 51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
This mountain will become an empty burned out volcano, whe the LORD puts satan down.
Jer 51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
The Chief cornerstone is Christ, and satan wants that spot, so he gives his kingdom of confusion a false cornerstone for a foundation of their confusion. Anything based on man’s words, or man’s opinion is empty and void.
Jer 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
The caterpillers is the same as the locust army prophesied in Joel. This chapter has another meaning, a DEEPER meaning if you will, when the names of the kingdoms are translated into English for our understanding. Ararat means the highest place, Minni means the division (or division of the people!), Ashchenaz means “spreading fire”!
“….against her the kingdoms of the holy high ground, the division of the people, and spreading fire; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.”
There is so much more to this verse that a whole study could be made from it and the verses of the book of Joel and Revelation that it references.
Jer 51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
God is preparing an army. His army will take down the King of Babylon under HIS direct orders.
Jer 51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
This should nail it down to you that this has not come to pass yet, as long as there are PEOPLE in the LAND it is NOT yet fulfilled! The same as all these prophecies of Jeremiah, concerning Babylon. Especially, those of Jeremiah 24 which speaks of the arrival of the King of Babylon. God gave us these Scriptures to WARN us, and so that He might make EVERY PURPOSE of His not only KNOWN, but He WILL complete them! NONE will stop Him! Babylon is going to be PLUCKED UP and destroyed, according to THIS WORD, and man’s word means nothing.
Jer 51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
God will be successful in breaking down CONFUSION and OPINIONS of man.
Jer 51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
They will be shocked. Everything appeared to be safe and sound and true! Not one stone will be left standing, as Christ said.
Jer 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
It will happen like this at the LAST trump, and it hasn’t happened yet. This great prophecy of Jeremiah concerns the King of Babylon, and when he is here defacto. Want to know what will happen? It is written right here in the book of Jeremiah! Praise God for it! Thank you Father!