HaShem punishing Chaldeans in Jeremiah

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In Jer 24:5 , the good figs are sent to the land of the Chaldeans . Later on in Jer 25:12 he wants to punish the king of Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans for their sins after 70 years , why is this so ?

God even calls King Nebuchaddezzer his servant in 25:9 . Was God predicting that the king would be naughty?
 
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In Jer 24:5 , the good figs are sent to the land of the Chaldeans . Later on in Jer 25:12 he wants to punish the king of Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans for their sins after 70 years , why is this so ?

God even calls King Nebuchaddezzer his servant in 25:9 . Was God predicting that the king would be naughty?
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If you read Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Ezekiel you will find that all three (especially Habakkuk) state that the Babylonians were even worse in their conduct than Judah, and that they gloried in the affliction they imposed on others. God is capable of using even those who are evil to accomplish his purposes. In this case he used the Babylonians to chastise the Judahites and remaining Israelites for following after other gods and ruling unjustly over their citizens. However, God also promised to show mercy and bring them back to their land and send his Messiah, which he fulfilled. All we can see is that God keeps his promises and that he is able to accomplish his divine will.
 
Nebuchadnezzer was God’s servant. His grandson, Belshazzer, committed sacrilege, using the sacred vessels looted from the Temple for pagan feasts. For this reason, Babylon was handed over to Cyrus of Persia in one night.
 
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Nebuchadnezzer was God’s servant.
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Erm… I think it’s necessary to look at Jeremiah 25:9 and tease out the appropriate meaning. Simply characterizing Nebuchadnezzar as “God’s servant”, as if he followed God, isn’t exactly the case. (After all, in that passage, the prophecy is being made to a king of Judah, who was supposed to be following God!)

Instead, what’s being expressed here is that the coming exile wasn’t proof that Babylonian gods were more powerful than God. Rather, it was God’s will that this happen. In that sense, God has sovereignty over even Nebuchadnezzar, whom He sends to conquer the Jews.
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Was God predicting that the king would be naughty?
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No. God was telling the Jews that He had been telling them, and telling them, and telling them to straighten up… and they didn’t. Therefore, God was gonna send Nebuchadnezzar to crush them. The king (of the Jews) already had been naughty. And Nebuchadnezzar was gonna be worse, but that’s what you get when you’re being punished…
 
Yes, but I’m also looking at the Book of Daniel, where despite Nebuchadnezzer’s many sins, he is eventually converted.
 
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