Song # 2071 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in Jeremiah chapter 50 that God is warning his people to flee Babylon before the Lord destroys her.
The Lord said: “Take up your positions round Babylon, all who draw the bow. Shoot at her! Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord” (Jeremiah 50:14). “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” (Jeremiah 50:15). “Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the reaper with his sickle at harvest. Because of the sword of the oppressor let everyone return to his own people. Let everyone flee to his own land” (Jeremiah 50:16). “Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon” (Jeremiah 50:17). Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria” (Jeremiah 50:18). “But I will bring Israel back to his own pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan” (Jeremiah 50:19).
Thought for today: God’s love won’t keep us from trials, but He will see us through them.
Thought for the future: we can’t see God’s hand but we can trust His heart. Where will you spend your eternity?