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

12Then it will come to pass, when 70 years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,” declares Adonai, “the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, and I will make it ruins forever. 13I will bring on that land all My words which I pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them also. So I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their own hands.” 15For thus says Adonai, the God of Israel, to me: “Take this cup of the wine of fury from My hand, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink it. 16They will drink, and reel to and fro, and be like madmen, because of the sword that I will send among 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 the nations will serve him—and his son, and his grandson—until the time of his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.’
• Jeremiah 50:9For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the north. They will form battle lines against her, from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a warrior who bereaves, not returning empty.
• Jeremiah 51:6Flee from within Babylon! Each one, escape with his soul! Be not silenced in her iniquity! For it is a time of vengeance for Adonai. He will repay her recompense.
• Isaiah 14:2The peoples will take them and escort them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in the land of Adonai as servants and handmaids. They will take their captors captive, and rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 45:1Thus says Adonai to His anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him, to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him so that gates may not be shut.
• Daniel 5:28PERES: Your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
• Habakkuk 2:8Since you looted many nations, all the survivors will plunder you— because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, the city and all its inhabitants.
• Jeremiah 50:29Summon archers to Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around, let no one there escape. Repay her for her deed. As all she has done, do to her. For she was arrogant against Adonai, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, the devastated one, happy is the one who repays you as you have paid us.
• Isaiah 66:6A sound of uproar from the city, a sound from the Temple— the sound of Adonai who fully repays His enemies.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you kedoshim, emissaries and prophets! For God has judged her condemnation of 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