Jeremiah 50:34 has raised the question, how can God plead Israel’s cause, and to whom?
ESV Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
The context of the previous and following verses shows that God is pleading Israel’s cause in captivity in Babylon, as he did before to Pharaoh in Egypt.
33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against her officials and her wise men!
The actual pleading was done both by actions of angels and by prophets – such as Moses – and it is implied in this chapter than God will use both angels and prophets against Babylon until the captives of Israel are freed. In the fuller context of Jeremiah and other prophets of his time this action against Babylon was taken using the Medes and Persians as God’s instrument.
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