by Batzion de Jerusalem The word Babylon comes from the root word confusion. Babel, for extra information you may look at the Babel Tower in book of Genesis. I have been asked by people what is my opinion about what is going on in Iraq today, I had no answer in a concrete way till I came to these scriptures, in Jeremiah chapters 50 and 51. It is awesome to see how the living Word of God is applicable today and now for world history. The God of Israel is a Covenant God who has a plan for nations and a plan for Israel.
Babylon will be captured. A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it. For I will stir up and bring against Babylon, Iraq, an alliance of great nations from the land of the north, they will take up their positions against her and from the north she will be captured, their arrows will be like skilled warriors, who do not return empty handed. So Iraq will be plundered all who plunder her will have their fill. Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited, but will be completely desolate. All who pass Babylon will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds. Take up your positions around Babylon, all you who draw the bow. Shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord. Shout against her on every side she surrenders, her towers fall, her walls are torn down, since this is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance on her, do to her as she has done to others. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says, I will punish the king of Babylon “Hussein” and his land. The noise of battle is in the land, the noise of great destruction, come against her from afar. Encamp all around her, let no one escape. Repay her for her deeds, do to her as she has done, for she has defiled the Lord the Holy One of Israel. At the sound of Babylon’s capture, the earth will tremble, its cry will resound among the nations. Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon, reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush, the Lord will carry out his purpose his decree against the people of Babylon. The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself, I will surely fill you with men as with a swarm of locusts and they will shout in triumph over you. Babylon will be a heap of ruins a haunt of jackals an object of horror and scorn a place where no one lives. In those days, at that time, declares the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God. They will ask the way to Zion, “Jerusalem” and turn their faces toward it.
They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. Here we can see that a great salvation for which we are praying is on the way for the house of Israel when Messiah their helper is revealed to them. Yes, the time is now. For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God. the Lord Almighty. Though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
Addition: Around 3000 BC, the Sumerian founded Mesopotamia. Abram, later known like Abraham around 1850 left this area, Ur of the Chaldean, Babylon. (this area is known as modern Iraq) and journeyed to Canaan, later known as Israel. After the Romans destroyed the second Temple on 70AD, this was predicted by Yeshua….again the Jews were dispersed and moved to Babylon, where a Jewish community had remained since the first exile. Also the Babylonian Talmud was written there. When reading Gen. 11:9 and Rev. 14:8 we see that this nation has become a perpetual opponent of God and Israel. Note: this addition was taken from a local news source plus some personal input.
