Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 27:7
7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
Jeremiah 27:7 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, until the time of his land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
Context of Jeremiah 27:7
5“By my great strength and outstretched arm, I made the earth, and the people, and animals on the face of the earth. I give it to anyone I please. 6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him. All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him. 8“‘“As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague — this is the Lord’s declaration — until through him I have destroyed it. 9So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’
Read all of Jeremiah 27Jeremiah 27:7 word by word
וְעָבְד֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאֶת־בְּנ֖וֹ וְאֶֽת־בֶּן־בְּנ֑וֹ עַ֣ד בֹּא־עֵ֤ת אַרְצוֹ֙ גַּם־ה֔וּא וְעָ֤בְדוּ בוֹ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּמְלָכִ֖ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And all nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- shall serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
- him, and his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- and his son’sבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- until the very timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- of his landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- and then manyרַבrab · manyH7227
- and greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
Cross-references for Jeremiah 27:7
- Jeremiah 25:11This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Jeremiah 50:9For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 52:31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian kingdom.
- Jeremiah 25:12When the seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it a ruin forever.
- Jeremiah 50:27Put all her young bulls to the sword; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them because their day has come, the time of their punishment.
- Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him because he sees that his day is coming.
- Psalms 137:8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.
- Isaiah 13:1A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
- Isaiah 14:22“I will rise up against them” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies — “and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
- Isaiah 21:9Look, riders come — horsemen in pairs.” And he answered, saying, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground.”
- Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
- Daniel 5:25“This is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.
- Habakkuk 2:7Won’t your creditors suddenly arise, and those who disturb you wake up? Then you will become spoil for them.
- Zechariah 2:8For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
- Revelation 13:5The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies. It was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 27:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And all nations shall serve him (Nebuchadnezzar), and his son, (Evil-merodach Jeremiah 52:31;), and his son's son, (Belshazzar, Daniel 5:11.) All which was literally fulfilled.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7His son, and his son‘s son - Evil-Merodach and Nabonadius (see Daniel 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8God gave Nebuchadnezzar control over the entire region, so resisting him was pointless. All nations would serve him and his descendants. Cyrus conquered Babylon in 539 BC during Belshazzar's reign, who was Nebuchadnezzar's grandson.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. son ... son's son--(2Ch 36:20). Nebuchadnezzar had four successors--Evil-merodach, his son; Neriglissar, husband of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter; his son, Labosodarchod; and Naboned (with whom his son, Belshazzar, was joint king), son of Evil-merodach. 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…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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