We’re going through the prophets this year in our Reading Plan, and some chapters are harder than others. Isaiah 21 is such a chapter. I’m sure we could glean something out of it if we spent enough time researching the geography. It does contain the famous line:

Fallen, fallen is Babylon. (Isaiah 21.9, ESV)

Reminds me of:

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. (Revelation 18.1, 2, ESV)

But that’s all for me…let’s go back to John’s gospel for a different kind of sobering word:

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3.17, ESV)

This is Jesus talking. He came to save the world even though he knew the world would reject him then…and now:

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. (John 3.19, 20, ESV)

It’s not just “Babylon” that will be judged.