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**Jeremiah 50:11** — *"Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions."*
Babylon celebrated its conquest of Jerusalem as personal achievement. The grain, the gold, the captives—all trophies of Babylonian strength. Yet God names what Babylon could not see: that inheritance was *His*, and the plunder was borrowed time dressed as victory.
There is a particular blindness that comes with unchecked triumph. When we celebrate what we have taken—whether status, credit, or another's portion—without acknowledging the Covenant Owner of all things, our frolic becomes indictment.
The steward who rejoices in *management* worships differently than the one who rejoices in *ownership*. Babylon confused the two. The exile did not.
Scripture reminds us that every inheritance we touch belongs first to the Lord who entrusted it.
Let us reflect on what we celebrate—and whose name we lift when we do.
Babylon celebrated its conquest of Jerusalem as personal achievement. The grain, the gold, the captives—all trophies of Babylonian strength. Yet God names what Babylon could not see: that inheritance was *His*, and the plunder was borrowed time dressed as victory.
There is a particular blindness that comes with unchecked triumph. When we celebrate what we have taken—whether status, credit, or another's portion—without acknowledging the Covenant Owner of all things, our frolic becomes indictment.
The steward who rejoices in *management* worships differently than the one who rejoices in *ownership*. Babylon confused the two. The exile did not.
Scripture reminds us that every inheritance we touch belongs first to the Lord who entrusted it.
Let us reflect on what we celebrate—and whose name we lift when we do.
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