Jeremiah 51:25-26
The Lord confronts the destructive power of Babylon and transforms the empire into a permanent ruin.
25 “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh, “which destroys all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.
26 They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh.
The LORD confronts the destructive power of Babylon and transforms the empire into a permanent ruin.
To declare that the LORD Himself stands against Babylon, the destructive empire that devastated nations, and will reduce it to a permanently ruined and unusable place.
Jeremiah 51:25–26 continues the oracle against Babylon by portraying the empire as a destructive mountain that God Himself will overthrow and render permanently desolate.
Babylon Sunk: The LORD’s Vengeance, Israel’s Deliverance, and the Stone Cast into the Euphrates
The LORD will make Babylon sink under the weight of her violence, idolatry, pride, and bloodshed, while calling his people to flee, remember Zion, and trust his irreversible word.