Now the plan of salvation starts to be revealed. First there is a confrontation between the nations and their gods are called to meet with God. They are invited to renew their strength and then meet with God at the place of judgement. We need to get things in right perspective. God is God, everything else is as nothing.
Verses 2-4 are referring to Cyrus, whom God would use to defeat Babylon and allow the captives to return to Israel. Cyrus would have power only because God gave it to him. In the same way that Assyria and Babylon only had power because God let them have it. The whole of history is in God's hands.
The other nations saw what was happening and started to tremble with fear. So what do they do? They encourage each other, they work together, but it is only an idol that they are creating. It will do them no good. Men working together in unity is not of itself good. Back in Genesis God judged the people when they tried to make the tower of Babel.
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