Jeremiah 25:14

Jeremiah 25:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
• New International Version (NIV)They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
• New King James Version (NKJV)(For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)’ ”

Context of Jeremiah 25:14

12“When the 70 years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation for their crimes, declares the Lord. I will turn Babylon into a permanent wasteland. 13I will bring on that land all the disasters I threatened to do to it, everything that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations, everything written in this book. Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon, and I will pay them back for what they have done.” 15This is what the Lord God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it. 16When they drink from it, they will stagger and go insane because of the wars that I’m going to send them.

Jeremiah 25:14 word by word

כִּ֣י עָֽבְדוּ־בָ֤ם גַּם־הֵ֙מָּה֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּמְלָכִ֖ים גְּדוֹלִ֑ים וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥י לָהֶ֛ם כְּפָעֳלָ֖ם וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• shall serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• themselves of them also: and I will recompenseשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• them according to their deedsפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
• and according to the worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of their own handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Jeremiah 25:14

• Jeremiah 27:7All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
• Jeremiah 50:9I am going to stir up an alliance of strong nations from the north and bring it against Babylon. Those nations will take up positions against Babylon. Babylon will be captured from the north. Its enemy’s arrows will be like skilled soldiers who don’t come back empty-handed.
• Jeremiah 51:6Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! You shouldn’t die because of Babylon’s crimes. This is the time for the vengeance of the Lord. He will pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done.
• Isaiah 14:2People will take them and bring them to their own place. The nation of Israel will possess nations as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land. They will take their captors captive and rule their oppressors.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says about Cyrus, his anointed one: I have held him by his right hand so he could conquer the nations ahead of him, strip kings of their power, and open doors ahead of him so that the gates would not be shut.
• Daniel 5:28Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
• Habakkuk 2:8You have looted many nations. All the rest of the people will loot you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.
• Jeremiah 50:29“Call together the archers, the soldiers with bows, against Babylon. Set up blockades around it. Don’t let anyone escape. Pay the people of Babylon back for what they have done. Do to them what they did to others. They have disobeyed the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 137:8You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.
• Isaiah 66:6Listen to the uproar from the city. Listen to the sound from the temple. It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies as they deserve.
• Revelation 18:20“Gloat over it, heaven, God’s people, apostles, and prophets. God has condemned it for you.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 25:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Many nations and great kings - The Medes and the Persians, under Cyrus; and several princes, his vassals or allies.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Shall serve themselves of them also - i. e., shall impose forced labor upon the Chaldaeans, and reduce them also to servitude.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 The fixing of the time during which the Jewish captivity should last, would not only confirm the prophecy, but also comfort the people of God, and encourage faith and prayer. The ruin of Babylon is foretold: the rod will be thrown into the fire when the correcting work is done. When the set time to favour Zion is come, Babylon shall be punished for their iniquity, as other nations have been punished for their sins. Every threatening of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14The Lord used the Babylonians to judge Judah, but they would face consequences for their sins, brutality, and abuse of the defeated. In 539 BC, Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon, and the people went into captivity. For centuries, many nations and great kings enslaved the Babylonians. The territory did not regain independence until 1932, becoming modern Iraq.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. serve themselves--(Jr 27:7; 30:8; 34:10). Avail themselves of their services as slaves. them also--the Chaldees, who heretofore have made other nations their slaves, shall themselves also in their turn be slaves to them. Maurer translates, "shall impose servitude on them, even them." recompense them--namely, the Chaldees and other nations against whom Jeremiah had prophesied (Jr 25:13), as having oppressed the Jews. their deeds--rather, "deed,"…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 25:14

• Babylon
• Government
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Nation

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Controversy
• Refuse
• Servant
• Bible, the
• Deed
• Jeremiah (2)
• Jeremiah, Book of

Commentaries on Jeremiah 25

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings