Jeremiah 51 - 52

Jeremiah continues to predict the utter destruction of Babylon.  One day, the devastation that Babylon brought to Judah will be repaid and Babylon herself will be utterly destroyed.  Concurrent with Babylon's destruction will be the re-establishment and blessing of Judah.  Jeremiah sent a record of these predictions to Babylon, so that the nation would know what God had planned.  The capital of Judah, Jerusalem, was sacked by the Babylonian army.  The king, Zedekiah, was cruelly tortured and the city burned.  The valuable objects were carried off and the people (4,600 of them) taken captive to Babylon.  God was fulfilling His promises to the nation.