Scripture Union Daily Guide 7 May 2026: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Thursday
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TOPIC: Babylon Will Be Humiliated
Opening Prayer
As I read your word O Lord, grant me an insight and grace to do your will in Jesus name.
Bible Reading
Jeremiah 50:18-32
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
Questions for Meditation
►Q1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
►Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
►Q5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
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God summons forces against Babylon with very specific instructions (Jeremiah 50:21,26,27,29). Take note of “do everything I have commanded you” (Jeremiah 50:21). God can choose anyone to carry out His plans, but it must be as He commands, not as we want. God does not judge anyone without a reason.
Read Jeremiah 50:23-26,28-29,31-32 again, observe and outline the reasons for God’s judgement that would come upon Babylon. What can we learn from these? Babylon has been injurious to her neighbours, and destroyed them, like a hammer breaking earthenware (Jeremiah 50:23). She was rebellious to the Lord and unknowingly fell into God’s trap (Jeremiah 50:24). Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and would be repaid in the same coin (Jeremiah 50:28-29).
She has been arrogant and would be humiliated (Jeremiah 50:31-32). We must be wary of wickedness, rebellion and pride, remembering always, that God will call us to account for everything we do. In contrast to the judgement on Babylon God promised to restore and completely forgive the remnants (Jeremiah 50:19-20). This is exactly what God has done for us in Christ (Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 10:14).
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Repent of any tendencies for wickedness, pride and rebellion in your life.
Prayer of Faith
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Matthew 6:33
One Year Bible Reading Plan:
2 Samuel 6-7; 1 Chronicles 17
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