Jeremiah 27:7
in Jeremiah 27All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.
KJV
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
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This verse in Jeremiah 27
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 6, 7.) Now therefore I have given all these lands into the hand of my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon: and the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son. How then is Israel in a state of misery, when compared to him, Nebuchadnezzar, the servant of God? It is written in the Gospel: The world was made through him, and the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
This site's exposition
By My great power and outstretched
on Jeremiah 27:5-7
The LORD's claim, “I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it,” grounds the transfer of empire. Nebuchadnezzar is called “My servant.” The grant has a term, “until the time of his own land comes,” so Babylon's fall is written into its rise.
This site's exposition
All nations will serve him and his son
Babylon rules the nations for a set time, through a son and a grandson. Wesley names the son as Evil-Merodach and the grandson as Belshazzar, while Barnes names Nabonadius. Wesley sets its end at the seventy years of 29:10.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
All nations - That is, all these nations. His son - And Evil- Merodach his son, and Belshazzar his grand-child. Until - Until the period of his kingdom shall come, which was after seventy years, according to chap. xxix, 10.
And all nations shall serve him,.... That is, all those, all above mentioned; though there were others also that were tributary to him, but not every nation under heaven: and his son, and his son's son; their Scripture names were Evilmerodach and Belshazzar, Jer 52:31; and by Ptolemy, in his canon, are called Iloarudamus and Nabonadius; between whom he places Niricassolassarus, or Neriglissarus; who was not a son of Evilmerodach, but his sister's husband.
His son was Evil-merodach, and his son's son Belshazzar, in whom his kingdom ceased: then the time of reckoning with his land came, when the tables were turned, and many nations and great kings, incorporated into the empire of the Medes and Persians, served themselves of him, as before, ch. xxv. Thus Adonibezek was trampled upon himself, as he had trampled on other kings.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
His son, and his son’s son - Evil-Merodach and Nabonadius (see Dan 5:1 note). Shall serve themselves of him - See the marginal reference. After long servitude to the Persian and Median kings, the Selucidae ruined the remains of Babylon.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But Neriglissar and Labosodarchod were not in the direct male line; so that the prophecy held good to "his son and his son's son," and the intermediate two are omitted. time of his land--that is, of its subjugation or its being "visited" in wrath (Jer 27:22;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And all nations shall serve him (Nebuchadnezzar), and his son, (Evil-merodach Jer 52:31), and his son’s son, (Belshazzar, Dan 5:11.) All which was literally fulfilled.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָבְד֤וּ | veavedu | and they will serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֹתוֹ֙ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בְּנ֑וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַ֣ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּא־ | bo'- | comes | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עֵ֤ת | ʾet | [the] time of | H6256 → | 296 times |
| אַרְצוֹ֙ | ʾartzo | land his | H776 → | 2504 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| ה֔וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְעָ֤בְדוּ | veavedu | and they will work | H5647 → | 288 times |
| בוֹ֙ | vo | by <the> him | ||
| גּוֹיִ֣ם | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| רַבִּ֔ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| וּמְלָכִ֖ים | umelakhim | and kings | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| גְּדֹלִֽים׃ | gedolim | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
וְעָבְד֤וּand they will serve
veaveduH5647 →288 times
אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַגּוֹיִ֔םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בְּנ֑וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
עַ֣דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
בֹּא־comes
bo'-H935 →2568 times
עֵ֤ת[the] time of
ʾetH6256 →296 times
אַרְצוֹ֙land his
ʾartzoH776 →2504 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
ה֔וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְעָ֤בְדוּand they will work
veaveduH5647 →288 times
בוֹ֙by <the> him
vo
גּוֹיִ֣םnations
goyimH1471 →561 times
רַבִּ֔יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
וּמְלָכִ֖יםand kings
umelakhimH4428 →2525 times
גְּדֹלִֽים׃great
gedolimH1419 →526 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 52:31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 25:27–30
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from…
- Psalms 3:3
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
- Genesis 40:13
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- Psalms 27:6
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- 2 Kings 25:27–30
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About Jeremiah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.