Hymn of praise
I will be the first to admit that the
book of Jeremiah is one of the harder books in the Bible to get through.
It’s a lot of judgment on nations that people these days have never seen
and it’s not easy to relate to but sometimes you find things among all the doom
and gloom that get your attention. In Jeremiah chapter 51 I was reading
all about the destruction of Babylon when I came across this section called A
Hymn of Praise to the Lord. It at first seemed out of place but then it
doesn’t. Because sometimes we need to be put in a headlock have our heads
shaken and remember who he is and who we are not. It’s an RKO outta
Nowhere to get our attention.
Jeremiah 51:15-19
“The Lord made the earth by his
power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he
stretched out the heavens. When he speaks in the Thunder, the heavens are
filled with water. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He
sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
The whole human race is foolish and
has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for
their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or
power. Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of
reckoning they will all be destroyed. But the God of Israel is no idol!
He is the Creator of everything that exists, including his people, his
own special possession. The Lord of Heavens’ armies is his name!”
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