Chapter 49 continues the judgment of the nations, but chapter 49 deals with more than one nation: it deals with Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor and Elam. All of these seem to be a little less significant than say the Egyptians or the Moabites. There is so much said in the chapter that it is difficult to run through it all without a step by step analysis. However, what hit me in the chapter was two things: one doesn’t really have an application but was just a thought I had while reading.
How overjoyed Nebuchadnezzar must have been if he had had access to the words written here at the time of his reign! It seems he had to do almost no work at all – because God had already given up to destruction all the lands that he was about to plunder!
The second thing that hit me was from verse 19b:
‘For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?’ (Jeremiah 49:19b)
We need to come back to this all the time. Every day we need to be reminded of this, because as humans we generally think too highly of ourselves. Let’s humble ourselves and consider God’s glory and greatness.
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