Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 27:7
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 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‘I have made the earth, mankind and beast which are on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm—and I give it to whom it seems right to Me. 6So now I have given all these lands into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, My servant. I have even given the beasts of the field to serve him. All 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.’ 8“Now it will be, that the nation or the kingdom which will not serve the same King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,” declares Adonai, “until I have destroyed it by his hand. 9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreams, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, ‘You will 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 25:11“So this whole land will be a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
- 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 52:31Now it came to pass on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, that King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, and released him out of prison.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20He exiled to Babylon those who had escaped the sword and they became slaves to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia—
- Jeremiah 25:12Then 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.
- Jeremiah 50:27To the sword with all her bulls, going down to the slaughter! Oy to them! Their day has come— the time of their visitation.
- Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him— for He sees his day is coming.
- Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, the devastated one, happy is the one who repays you as you have paid us.
- Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
- Isaiah 14:22“For I will rise up against them”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“and I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offshoot and offspring,” declares Adonai.
- Isaiah 21:9Look! Here comes a chariot of men, with a pair of horsemen.” Then one answered and said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods are broken on the ground.”
- Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no more be called tender and delicate.
- Daniel 5:25“Now this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPARSIN.
- Habakkuk 2:7Will biting you arise suddenly, and those shaking you awaken, as you will become plunder for them?
- Zechariah 2:8saying to him, ‘Run, speak to this young man saying: “Jerusalem will be inhabited as a village without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it.
- Revelation 13:5The beast was given a mouth uttering great boasts and blasphemies. It was given authority to act 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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