1. Babylon will be humiliated (1-7)

Babylon liked to be called a queen, tender and delicate, in comparison with Assyria, whom they conquered. They boasted they would be forever. Yet their rule over Judah was God's discipline to his people, not a testament to their power. The LORD would humiliate them for their pride, while redeeming his people Israel. How important to consider and reflect humbly on who God is and what he has done!

1. Disaster will come upon you (8-15)

Since they loved pleasure (8), trusted in wicked sorcery, wisdom and knowledge and vainly considered themselves above all others, saying, "I am, and there is none besides me," disaster, calamity and catastrophe would come upon them. No spell, no astrologer, no prediction - these things they had depended on in their culture from the beginning - none of these would save them from God's wrath.