Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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 Living Translation 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. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him. King James Bible 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 King James Version 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 American Standard Bible 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 will make him their servant. NASB 1995 “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 will make him their servant. NASB 1977 “And 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 will make him their servant. Legacy Standard Bible 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 will make him their servant. Amplified Bible All nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the [appointed] time [of punishment] for his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him their servant. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman. English Revised Version And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. GOD'S WORD® Translation All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave. Good News Translation All nations will serve him, and they will serve his son and his grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then his nation will serve powerful nations and great kings. International Standard Version All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his country's time also comes, and then many nations and great kings will use him as a slave. Majority Standard Bible All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him. NET Bible All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon. New Heart English Bible All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant. Webster's Bible Translation And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land shall come: and then many nations and great kings shall bring him into subjection. World English Bible All the nations will serve him, his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand all the nations have served him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and many nations and great kings have made him serve them. Young's Literal Translation And served him have all the nations, and his son, and his son's son, till the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and done service for him have many nations and great kings. Smith's Literal Translation And all the nations served him, and his son, and his son's son, even till the time itself also of his land came: and many nations and great kings served upon him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son: till the time come for his land and himself: and many nations and great kings shall serve him. Catholic Public Domain Version And all the nations will serve him, and his son, and his son’s son. Many nations and great kings will serve him, until the time arrives for him and his land. New American Bible All nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time comes for him and his land; then many nations and great kings will enslave him. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd all nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the very time of his land shall come; many nations and great kings shall serve him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the nations shall work for him, him and his son, and the son of his son, until the time of his land will arrive, even his, and the many nations and great Kings shall work for him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar…6So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him. 7All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him. 8As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.… Cross References Daniel 2:37-38 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. / Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold. Daniel 5:18-19 As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor. / Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished. 2 Kings 24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Chronicles 36:20-21 Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power. / So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. Jeremiah 25:11-12 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. / But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. Isaiah 14:4-5 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. Isaiah 14:24-27 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ... Habakkuk 1:6-7 For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. / They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. Revelation 17:12-14 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast. / These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast. / They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.” Revelation 18:2-3 And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. / All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” Ezekiel 29:18-20 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army. / I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 30:10-11 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. / He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. Jeremiah 50:17-18 Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” / Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria. Jeremiah 51:11 Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple. Treasury of Scripture 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. all. Jeremiah 25:11-14 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years… Jeremiah 50:9,10 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain… Jeremiah 52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, until. Jeremiah 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. Jeremiah 50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. Psalm 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. many. Jeremiah 25:14 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. Jeremiah 50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Jeremiah 51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; Jump to Previous Bondman Bondservant Grandson Great Kings Nations Overcome Reduce Servant Servants Serve Served Service Servitude Slave Son's Subjection Subjugate Themselves TimeJump to Next Bondman Bondservant Grandson Great Kings Nations Overcome Reduce Servant Servants Serve Served Service Servitude Slave Son's Subjection Subjugate Themselves TimeJeremiah 27 1. By the type of bonds and yokes he prophesies the subduing of the neighbor kings8. He exhorts them to yield, and not to believe the false prophets. 12. The like he does to Zedekiah. 19. He foretells the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon, All nations The phrase "All nations" signifies the comprehensive dominion that Babylon, under Nebuchadnezzar, would exert over the known world. In the Hebrew context, "nations" (גּוֹיִם, goyim) often refers to Gentile peoples, emphasizing the extent of Babylon's influence. Historically, this reflects the vast empire that Nebuchadnezzar built, which included many diverse peoples and cultures. This serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over all nations, using even pagan empires to fulfill His purposes. will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his own land comes then many nations and great kings will enslave him Shall serve themselves of him.--Better, shall make him to serve. It lies in the nature of the case that the pronoun refers to the King of Babylon for the time being. The confederacy of nations which shall overthrow the Babylonian monarchy, Medes and others, is described more fully in Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 51:27-28. The words were clearly meant to point both ways. They warn the nations not to resist the Chaldaean king then. They warn the king not to think that he is founding a dynasty of long duration. The whole verse is wanting in the LXX., perhaps because they imagined that the "son's son" of Jeremiah 27:7 was inconsistent with the facts of history, as they read them. . . . Verse 7. - Him, and his son, and his son's son. This is intelligible only if the seventy years predicted by Jeremiah in Jeremiah 25:11, 12, 29:10, are a round number. Nebuchadnezzar died in B.C. 561, and was succeeded by his son Evil-Merodach, who, after two years, was put to death by Neriglissar. In B.C. 555 Laberosoarchod (?) became king, but after nine months a usurper belonging to another family, Nabonedus or Nabunita, ascended the throne, which he occupied till B.C. 538, the year of the fall of Babylon. "Seventy years," taken literally, only brings us to B.C. 555, seventeen years short of the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus. Until the very time of his land come; rather, until the time of his own land come. Nebuchadnezzar cannot ensure his realm against captivity. Shall serve themselves of him (For the meaning of the phrase, see on Jeremiah 25:14.)Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Allכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every nations הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts will serve him וְעָבְד֤וּ (wə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and אֹתוֹ֙ (’ō·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case his son בְּנ֖וֹ (bə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son and grandson, בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son until עַ֣ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the time עֵ֤ת (‘êṯ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6256: Time, now, when of his own land אַרְצוֹ֙ (’ar·ṣōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land comes; בֹּא־ (bō-) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go then many רַבִּ֔ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great nations גּוֹיִ֣ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts and great גְּדֹלִֽים׃ (gə·ḏō·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent kings וּמְלָכִ֖ים (ū·mə·lā·ḵîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4428: A king will enslave him. וְעָ֤בְדוּ (wə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave Links Jeremiah 27:7 NIVJeremiah 27:7 NLT Jeremiah 27:7 ESV Jeremiah 27:7 NASB Jeremiah 27:7 KJV Jeremiah 27:7 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 27:7 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 27:7 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 27:7 French Bible Jeremiah 27:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 27:7 All the nations shall serve him (Jer.) |