English Standard Version
Jeremiah 27:7
7All 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his time is up. Then many nations and great kings will conquer and rule over Babylon.
Context of Jeremiah 27:7
5"It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. 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. 8"'"But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand. 9So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, 'You shall not 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 shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 52:31And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia,
- Jeremiah 25:12Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
- Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
- Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
- Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
- Isaiah 13:1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
- Isaiah 14:22"I will rise up against them," declares the Lord of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, descendants and posterity," declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 21:9And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground."
- Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
- Daniel 5:25And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin.
- Habakkuk 2:7Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be spoil for them.
- Zechariah 2:8For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
- Revelation 13:5And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and 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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