Their Redeemer Is Strong

“Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.” Jeremiah 50:34

Jeremiah spent most of his life preaching a message of chastisement, defeat, and destruction concerning the people of God. His message was unpopular, and he was persecuted because of the things that the Lord had directed him to do and say. Unfortunately for the Jewish people, Jeremiah’s prophecies of doom had been fulfilled, and God’s judgement upon His people had come to pass. Now their situation was completely hopeless, and no one would have believed that anything could ever be salvaged from what had once been a mighty and prosperous nation. Now that they were totally devastated, God gave Jeremiah a message of comfort for His people. Now Jeremiah was preaching God’s promise of redemption. This new message seemed as impossible as his earlier message was unpopular. After repeated conquests of their lands, the complete destruction of their cities, and the deportation and scattering abroad of nearly all of their people; the outside observer would conclude that no power on earth would be sufficient to return these people to their land and afford themselves national sovereignty. It certainly seemed completely impossible, but God sent Jeremiah to His people with this message and expected them to believe that it was true. God wanted them to exercise faith during their time of sorrow, defeat, and loss. He wanted them to trust their Redeemer.