Although the pagan Babylonians were allowed to bring about that destruction, they were serving as Jehovah’s executioners.
Lai gan Jehova ļāva pagāniskajiem babiloniešiem iznīcināt pilsētu, tomēr viņi bija tikai Jehovas sprieduma izpildītāji. ( Jer. 25: 9, 15 — 18.)