Jeremiah

Jeremiah 50:31-32

God personally opposes arrogant powers and ensures their downfall.

Jeremiah 50:31-32 (WEB)

31 “Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

32 The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”

Central Idea

God personally opposes arrogant powers and ensures their downfall.

Authorial Intent

To declare the LORD’s direct opposition to Babylon’s arrogance and to announce the inevitable collapse and burning of the proud empire.

Literary Context

Jeremiah 50:31–32 intensifies the prophetic oracle by directly addressing Babylon as 'the arrogant one.' The passage emphasizes that Babylon’s downfall is the result of its pride against the Lord.

Chapter: Jeremiah 50

Babylon Judged: The Fall of the Hammer and the Return of the LORD’s Flock

The LORD breaks Babylon, the proud hammer of the whole earth, so that his scattered flock may return, seek him, and be restored under his everlasting covenant mercy.