Jeremiah 51:1-2 (NASBStr)
Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of Leb- kamai
The spirit of a destroyer.
“I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her
And may devastate her land;
For on every side they will be opposed to her
In the day of her calamity.
"The spirit of a destroyer!" Jeremiah tells us that God will send this spirit against Babylon. God does this type of thing. See 1Ch 5:26; Hag 1:14. The Hebrew underlying this phrase is translated “aroused … the hostility of” in 2Ch 21:16. destroyer. If we asked the common Joe on the street about this they would not list in the top ten things they think about God. We think of God as the God of Peace; of Love; of Light: of Mercy; And, He is all these things. But, God has used the wicked Babylonians as a tool to punish the Israelites because of their sin. But, now the tool is to be disposed. God will use a destroying tool to accomplish His plan. He used that tool in Judas to open the door for the anger and wickedness of men to crucify His Son. He allowed a destroying spirit to separate Paul and Barnabas. He allowed a destroying spirit in the story of Job. God allows these things to accomplish his great plan. We spend most of our time fighting the spirit of the destroyer. We seldom see God's hand on the throttle of such a tool. Yet, He is at the control. The key here is that HE is at the control, not, us. When God is at the control of the spirit of the destroyer there is grace. When we are at the control their is unchecked anger and even, perhaps, wrath. God's love, peace and mercy balances His wrath in perfect harmony and when He employs the spirit of the destroyer there is a plan.
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