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Book of Jeremiah – Jer 50:33-46 Who is the Shepherd That Will Stand Before Me?

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Jer 50:33-46 Who Is The Shepherd That Will Stand Before Me?

[Study Aired October 2, 2022]

Jer 50:33  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Jer 50:34  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.
Jer 50:35  A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Jer 50:36  A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Jer 50:37  A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Jer 50:38  A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jer 50:39  Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jer 50:40  As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Jer 50:41  Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jer 50:42  They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jer 50:43  The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jer 50:44  Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 50:45  Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:  Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
Jer 50:46  At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

The doctrines of Mystery Babylon appeal to our flesh while at the same time giving us a self-righteous feeling of denying ourselves, loving others more than ourselves, and loving and pleasing God. The only thing missing in all of that is obedience to our Lord and His doctrines. The Pharisee who looked down on the publican embodies this self-righteous spirit which is so appealing to our flesh:

Luk 18:9  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Luk 18:10  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Luk 18:11  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luk 18:12  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Luk 18:13  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luk 18:14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

With the false doctrine of ‘free moral agency’ Mystery Babylon convinces us that our righteousness is of our own choosing, and we thank the Lord that we have chosen to be better than others. We believe we have chosen of our own will to “not [be] as other men… extortioners, unjust, adulterers. [We] fast twice in one week and [we] tithe [on our net income]”. Those are “heavy burdens” from which our false minister’s false doctrine of free will give us no relief:

Mat 23:4  For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Jer 50:33  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

The ministers, rabbis, priests, and holy men of every religion are spiritual slave masters over those in their sphere of influence and they “take [us] captives, hold [us] fast; and refuse to let us go”. However, if we are Christ’s anointed, He will come to our rescue:

Jer 50:34  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.

The Lord knows those who are His even before they come to know that they are His. His ability to protect and direct the affairs of their lives is as subtle, as profound, and as powerful as the way He took care of Joseph after being sold as a slave by his ten brothers, who signify the ministers of Mystery Babylon, the subject of the judgment of this chapter of Jeremiah.

Jer 50:35  A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Jer 50:36  A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

‘Doting liars’ are ‘foolish liars’. The Hebrew for ‘dote’ is:

Here are the four entries for this Hebrew word:

‘Yaal’ [is] a primitive root” and it is defined as “be [or] become foolish”. “They shall dote” may very well have been understood by all as ‘become foolish liars’ in 1611, but I had no idea what that meant until I looked it up in e-sword. This verse labels all the false ministers of all the religions of men, apostate Christianity included, as “foolish liars”.

The sword that is upon the Chaldeans and the Babylonians (being the same people, both of which signify the tribes of the people of Mystery Babylon) is the same sword which oppresses us all while we are in the clutches of this great harlot. Outwardly Jeremiah speaks of the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, but Nebuchadnezzar is the Lord’s servant:

Jer 27:6  And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
Jer 27:7  And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
Jer 27:8  And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Therefore, the inward application of:

Jer 50:36  A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

The inward application of “her mighty men” is that all the mighty false doctrines of Mystery Babylon, the doctrines of free will, the trinity, and that false doctrine’s attendant doctrines of  the immortality of the soul, an eternal hell of literal fire… all these, and many other false doctrines which are espoused by her “mighty men [who] shall be dismayed” when we are exposed as the liars we are by those who the Lord will send to expose us as such. Those who He sends to do that are called “the ten horns… upon the beast”:

Rev 13:1  And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Rev 17:12  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Rev 17:13  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Rev 17:14  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Rev 17:15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Rev 17:16  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Rev 17:17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

All nations shall serve him”, meaning Nebuchadnezzar, tells us that it is the Lord Himself who sends Mystery Babylon to subdue “all nations”. Therefore, the false doctrines of Mystery Babylon are the Lord’s servants which He sends via Nebuchadnezzar to subdue and enslave our rebellious, self-righteous old man. “All nations” within and without are subdued by “the yoke” of Mystery Babylon the great, who is signified by literal Babylon who the Lord sent as ‘His servant’ to enslave His own self-righteous, stubborn, and rebellious people.

Psa 78:7  That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psa 78:8  And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

We are all “as our fathers”. Notice what the holy spirit thinks of a stubborn and rebellious spirit:

1Sa 15:18  And the LORD sent thee [King Saul] on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
1Sa 15:19  Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
1Sa 15:20  And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
1Sa 15:21  But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
1Sa 15:22  And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1Sa 15:23  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1Sa 15:24  And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1Sa 15:25  Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
1Sa 15:26  And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1Sa 15:27  And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
1Sa 15:28  And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

“Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry”. All these sins are the fruits of all the “foul spirits… and… unclean and hateful birds” found in Mystery Babylon The Great:

Rev 18:1  And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3  For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

This great harlot bears dominion over “all nations”. That is true within us, and it is also true outwardly.

Now the Lord is sending His sword upon Mystery Babylon, and her punishment will be accomplished in the same way that she became the yoke of all nations. She, too, will be punished “with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I [the Lord] have consumed them by his [Nebuchadnezzar’s…Babylon’s] hand.” Nebuchadnezzar signifies Mystery Babylon, the hand of the Lord and the instrument of His punishment by “the ten horns on the beast” which ‘beast is dominated by this great harlot, Mystery Babylon the Great.

‘Horns’ in scripture signify strength (1Sa 2:10, 2Sa 22:3, Lam 2:3, Psa 18:2)

1Sa 2:10  The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

Psa 18:2  The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Jer 50:37  A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

“The sword” which causes such fear and despair is “the Word of God”, as the word of the works of the Lord affected all the Canaanite kings who knew what the Lord had done in bringing Israel out of Egypt:

Jos 2:9  And she [Rahab the harlot] said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Jos 2:10  For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Jos 2:11  And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Jos 2:12  Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
Jos 2:13  And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Jos 2:14  And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

As the seven priests blowing seven trumpets signifies the seven angels which blow the seven trumpets and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God, so also do these two spies signify the Lord’s two witnesses who pour out of themselves the oil of the Word of God:

Zec 4:1  And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
Zec 4:2  And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
Zec 4:3  And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Zec 4:4  So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
Zec 4:5  Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Zec 4:6  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Rev 11:3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

The Lord’s “two witnesses” are His “very elect” who will proclaim judgment upon the ‘earth’ both within and outwardly. They are not just His elders and teachers; they are His “one body”.

Jer 50:38  A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

Amo 8:11  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Amo 8:12  And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

We all experience this spiritual famine when our Love forsakes us for a season:

Son 3:1  By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Son 3:2  I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

If we are the “blessed and holy… few” then the Lord’s “watchmen” find us and direct us back to our Love:

Son 3:3  The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Son 3:4  It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

The “many called” who are not chosen, or do not remain faithful to the end, do not come out of Babylon in this present time and…

Jer 50:39  Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

Wild beasts and unclean fowl both typify lying false doctrines of devils which is what abides in Mystery Babylon the Great:

Rev 18:1  And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3  For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Jer 50:40  As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

We can discern from “the sum” of the Lord’s words that the phrase “As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah” with literal fire and brimstone, is not the point being made. Rather the fact that Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, Mystery Babylon will also be “utterly destroyed”:

The very next verse reveals that His point is that, as Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, Babylon will also be destroyed.

Isa 34:2  For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

Here are the next verses which tells us that the allegory ends with the destruction of Babylon by “People… from the north…”, not with fire and brimstone.

Jer 50:41  Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jer 50:42  They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

We have demonstrated that the phrase “from the north” is almost always associated with impending judgment:

Eze 9:1  He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
Eze 9:2  And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

All of this will be accomplished by the ten horns on the beast which will hate Mystery Babylon, and “eat her flesh and burn her with fire.”

Rev 17:16  And the ten horns strong which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Rev 17:17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Inwardly, these ten kings are what the number ‘ten’ always signifies; the full fruit and completed flesh:

Significance of the Number Ten

It is our own flesh which seeks revenge on the harlot who has been taking everything from us and giving us nothing but “the pleasures of sin for a season” in return.

In our study of the last chapter, Jeremiah 49, we saw how the judgment of Esau, who is Edom, was a perfect reflection of the judgment of Mystery Babylon, right down to the description of the reaction of the world to her destruction. This is a cut and paste from that study:

We are now in the very next chapter and the repetition of what was in chapter 49 proves the accuracy of that statement. This 50th chapter and the next chapter, chapter 51, both deal exclusively with the judgment of the great city of Babylon, as also being an Old Testament type of “Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth” (Rev 17:5).

“Notice closely just how much the judgment of Edom, who is Esau, parallels the judgment of Babylon here in this 50th chapter.”

We will continue here in chapter 50 first:

Jer 50:43  The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jer 50:44  Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 50:45  Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
Jer 50:46  At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

This is almost word for word what was said of Edom in chapter 49:

Jer 49:19  Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 49:20  Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
Jer 49:21  The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jer 49:22  Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

The judgment of Edom, who is Esau, is almost word for word the same as the judgment which is pronounced upon Babylon here in chapter 50. The only difference, which is really no difference at all, is that the anguish and pain “as of a woman in travail” which takes hold on the king of Babylon is mentioned at the beginning of the judgment of Babylon, whereas “the heart of the mighty men of Edom being as the heart of a woman in her pangs” is mentioned at the end of the judgment of Edom.

The noise of the fall of Edom being “heard in the Red Sea”, and the noise of the fall of Babylon being “heard among the nations” is also saying the same thing because these two symbols both signify all flesh, “all nations”. That is the beast over which “Mystery, Babylon the Great” is given dominion:

Rev 17:3  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:4  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Rev 17:5  And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev 17:6  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Rev 18:3  For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

Both Jeremiah 49:19 and Jeremiah 50:44 pose the question… “Who is the shepherd that will stand before me” to accomplish this judgment?

Jer 49:19  Behold, he [Nebuchadnezzar, the destroyer of both Judah and Esau] shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong [It is Edom, typifying Mystery Babylon The Great, who thinks he is so strong]: but I will suddenly make him run away from her [Edom will flee from the Chaldeans who are also referred to with the feminine pronoun, the pronoun used also of any whore]: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her [Edom]? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

The exact same statement and question are posed in the next chapter concerning the judgment of Babylon:

Jer 50:44  Behold, he [Cyrus the great, the king of Persia, the destroyer of Babylon] shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong [the habitation of Babylon, typifying “Mystery, Babylon the Great”]: but I will make them suddenly run away from her [Babylon will run away from Cyrus]: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

I quote from our commentary on the judgment of Edom because it is the same as the judgment of Babylon:

Both chapters tell us:

Jer 49:20  Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

The same words concerning Babylon are here in chapter 50:

Jer 50:45  Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

“The least of the flock shall draw them out” is another way the spirit expresses the certainty of the Lord fulfilling “all things after the counsel of His own will” (Eph 1:11). It is the same message conveyed to King Zedekiah who refused to believe that the Lord would send Nebuchadnezzar to take and destroy Jerusalem. This is what the holy spirit said to King Zedekiah in response to his refusal to believe the words of the Lord by His certified prophet, Jeremiah:

Jer 37:7  Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
Jer 37:8  And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Jer 37:9  Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Jer 37:10  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

That is the certainty of the judgment of Edom and Babylon as the Old Testament types of Mystery Babylon the Great, and that is the certainty of the judgment of the spiritual fornication of the spiritual harlots who ride upon and dominate all the nations of this earth, both within and outwardly of each of Christ’s anointed down through the generations since Christ. That is also the certainty of the outward, dispensational judgment of all the religions of this world which ‘Mystery Babylon’ signifies. “The wounded among the men [and] the least of the flock” of those the Lord sends to destroy Mystery Babylon will do so “in one hour”, in a very short period of time. “In one hour” she and all of her harlot daughters will be “utterly destroyed … at the appearing of our Lord” (Isa 34:2, Rev 18:7, 2Th 2:8)

Rev 17:12  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

The next chapter in Revelation tells us what will be accomplished in that “one hour”:

Rev 18:10  Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Rev 18:17  For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

Rev 18:19  And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

The Lord will work a short work when He destroys all the religions of this world:

Rom 9:28  For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

Isa 45:23  I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,  That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Rev 22:20  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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