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  1. Nebuchadnezzar<\/em>. What\u2019s happening at this turning point? Internally, Jeremiah expresses the frustration of being ignored these long years, with no one listening to his prophetic call for repentance. Politically, this is the year that Nebuchadnezzar ascends to power, and immediately begins his conquests of all the lands to the south. Nebuchadnezzar (like Assyria before him, in the prophecies of Isaiah) is God\u2019s instrument to punish those deserving of punishment. And it seems that Judah indeed is deserving.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. 70 years<\/em>. This is the amount of time that the prophecy gives for the reign of Babylonia. A very round, symbolic number. Not a little, in relation to the lifespan of an individual, but not so very much on a historic scale. Remember this number. Soon, we\u2019ll encounter another important prophecy of 70 years (only another two chapters – stay tuned!).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. A prophet to the nations<\/em>. 24 chapters ago, in Jeremiah\u2019s dedication, he was told: \u201cI appointed you a prophet concerning the nations\u201d (1:5). Only now are we beginning to understand why…<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Buzz cuts<\/em>. Unspecified peoples. But they have a particular haircut (verse 23).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Jerusalem first<\/em>! Jerusalem shall drink first from the fatal cup of wrath, which will be passed by Jeremiah from nation to nation. And Jerusalem shall not escape its turn: \u201cIf I am bringing the punishment first on the city that bears My name, do you expect to go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning the sword against all the inhabitants of the earth\u201d (v. 29).<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. And who is last? A riddle<\/em>. \u201cAnd last of all, the king of Sheshach shall drink\u201d (v. 26). Who was this king of Sheshach, who is to drink the cup of wrath last? In 16 chapters we\u2019ll read a prophecy that spells out that Sheshach is Babylonia (Jer. 51:41). What\u2019s the connection? Put on your secret decoder ring, and dial it to \u201cat-bash\u201d – the ancient Hebrew code that substitutes letters of the alphabet for their \u201copposite\u201d letters [i.e. – the first letter aleph is replaced by the last, tav; the second, bet, with the second to last, shin, etc.] Thus Sheshach\u00a0 \u05e9-\u05e9-\u05db, is \u05d1-\u05d1-\u05dc – Babylonia. 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