Jeremiah 27:6
in Jeremiah 27So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.
KJV
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
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This verse in Jeremiah 27
Commentary
7 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 these lands under the authority
Even the beasts of the field are placed under Nebuchadnezzar. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown recall the rule over the beasts given to Adam in Genesis 1:28 and Psalm 8. The king holds that power only until the One comes whose right it is, in Ezekiel 21:27.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
We have long felt that God is angry, yet we do not try to appease him. It is our sins that make the barbarians strong. It is our vices that vanquish Rome's soldiers. As if there were here too little material for carnage, civil wars have made almost greater havoc among us than the swords of foreign foes. Miserable must those Israelites have been compared with whom Nebuchadnezzar was called God's servant. Unhappy too are we who are so displeasing to God that he uses the fury of the barbarians to execute his wrath against us. Still, when Hezekiah repented, 185,000 Assyrians were destroyed in one night by a single angel. When Jehosaphat sang the praises of the Lord, the Lord gave his worshiper the victory. Again, when Moses fought against Amalek, it was not with the sword but with prayer that he prevailed. Therefore, if we wish to be lifted up, we must first prostrate ourselves.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And now I have given all these lands,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
As the beasts are to submit to Christ, the Restorer of the dominion over nature, lost by the first Adam (compare Ge 1:28; Ps 8:6-8), so they were appointed to submit to Nebuchadnezzar, the representative of the world power and prefigurer of Antichrist; this universal power was suffered to be held by him to show the unfitness of any to wield it "until He come whose right it is" (Eze 21:27).
And now have I given - These kingdoms are at my sovereign disposal; and at present, for the punishment of their rulers and people, I shall give them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| אָֽנֹכִי֙ | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| נָתַ֙תִּי֙ | natati | I give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאֲרָצ֣וֹת | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּיַ֛ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר | nevukhadnetzar | Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֖ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| עַבְדִּ֑י | ʾavdi | servant my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וְגַם֙ | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חַיַּ֣ת | chaiyat | [the] animal[s] of | H2416 → | 498 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| נָתַ֥תִּי | natati | I give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| לְעָבְדֽוֹ׃ | leavedo | to serve him | H5647 → | 288 times |
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
אָֽנֹכִי֙I
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
נָתַ֙תִּי֙I give
natatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאֲרָצ֣וֹתthe lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
בְּיַ֛דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥רNebuchadnezzar
nevukhadnetzarH5019 →60 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֖לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
עַבְדִּ֑יservant my
ʾavdiH5650 →799 times
וְגַם֙and also
vegamH1571 →769 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חַיַּ֣ת[the] animal[s] of
chaiyatH2416 →498 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
נָתַ֥תִּיI give
natatiH5414 →2011 times
ל֖וֹto <the> him
lo
לְעָבְדֽוֹ׃to serve him
leavedoH5647 →288 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:15
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem.…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 29:18–20
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
- Habakkuk 1:6–10
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- Jeremiah 1:15
Through
Jeremiah 43:10Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these…
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:28
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
- Isaiah 44:28
Through
Jeremiah 28:14For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:48
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Jeremiah 27:6–7
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
- Deuteronomy 28:48
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; Jerome, LETTER 60.17 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).