Jeremiah 25:8-9

Jeremiah 25:8-9

[8] Therefore thus saith  the LORD  of hosts;  Because ye have not heard  my words,  [9] Behold, I will send  and take  all the families  of the north,  saith  the LORD,  and Nebuchadrezzar  the king  of Babylon,  my servant,  and will bring  them against this land,  and against the inhabitants  thereof, and against all these nations  round about,  and will utterly destroy  them, and make  them an astonishment,  and an hissing,  and perpetual  desolations. 

What does Jeremiah 25:8-9 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The Lord announced that because they had not obeyed Him, He would bring Nebuchadnezzar down from the north, and destroy them and their neighbor nations with an awful, everlasting devastation. Nebuchadnezzar was the Lord"s servant in the same sense Cyrus was (cf. Isaiah 44:28 to Isaiah 45:1); he served the Lord by carrying out His will, for the most part unwittingly (cf. Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; Acts 2:23). Since God"s people would not listen to His servants the prophets ( Jeremiah 25:4), the Lord would send another type of servant to get their attention (cf. Isaiah 28:11).