21. Nineteen. Behold I am as a leader sheep [dux ovis] that is brought to the slaughter, saying, Let us destroy the wood in its sap with the fruit thereof, and let us cut it off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered (Jer. 11:19). (Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise up unto David a righteous branch, who shall reign a King, and prosper, and do judgment and justice in the earth; and this in His name which they shall call Him, Jehovah our Justice (Jer. 23:5, 6). Am I a God at hand and not a God afar off? Can any man hide himself in secret places? Do not I fill heaven and earth (Jer. 24)? (In that day they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them (Jer. 30:8, 9).) The land of Babylon was full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel (Jer. 51:5). Jehovah of Hosts who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence (Jer. 51:15). He is the former of all things, and of the rod of His inheritance: Jehovah of Hosts is His name, by whom He will do judgment upon all (Jer. 51:19-23).