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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
many	רַבִּ֔ים ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
nations	גּוֹיִ֣ם go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine plural absolute
great	גְּדוֹלִ֑ים ge.do.Lim	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
kings	וּמְלָכִ֖ים u.me.la.Khim	H4428	a king · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
serve	עָֽבְדוּ 'a.ve.du-	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
recompense	וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥י ve.shi.lam.Ti	H7999	to be safe (in mind · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
deeds	כְּפָעֳלָ֖ם ke.fo.'o.Lam	H6467	an act or work (concretely) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
works	וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה u.khe.ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
hands	יְדֵיהֶֽם ye.dei.Hem	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengean…
Jeremiah 27:7 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…
Jeremiah 50:9 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 themselve…
Jeremiah 50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Isaiah 14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servan…
Isaiah 45:1-3 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of k…
Isaiah 66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Psalms 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:8-14

Here is the sentence grounded upon the foregoing charge: "Because you have not heard my words, I must take another course with you," Jer 25:8. Note, When men will not regard the judgments of God's mouth they may expect to feel the judgments of his hands, to hear the rod, since they would not hear the word; for the sinner must either be parted from his sin or perish in it. Wrath comes without remedy against those only that sin without repentance. It is not so much men's turning aside that ruins them as their not returning. I. The ruin of the land of Judah by the king of Babylon's armies is here decreed, Jer 25:9. God sent to them his servants the prophets, and they were not heeded, and theref…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 25:14

serve themselves-- (Jer 27:7; Jer 30:8; Jer 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 (Jer 25:13), as having oppressed the Jews. their deeds--rather, "deed," namely, their bad treatment of the Jews (Jer 50:29; Jer 51:6, Jer 51:24; compare Ch2 36:17).

John Gill on Jeremiah 25:14

For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also,.... Take their cities, seize upon the kingdoms, spoil them of their wealth and riches, and bring them into servitude to them: these "many nations", which should and did do all this, were the Medes and Persians, and those that were subject to them, or were their allies and auxiliaries in this expedition; and the "great kings" were Cyrus and Darius, and those that were confederate with them: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands; as they have done to others, it shall be done to them; as they have served themselves of other nations, other nations shall serve themse…

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The Church Fathers

(Verse 14) Because many nations and great kings have served them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their hands. This is not found in the Septuagint. However, it signifies that Jeremiah prophesied not only against Babylon, but against the other nations that were in the Babylonian army and fought against the people of the Lord. Finally, it is said in the following verses against Egypt, and the Philistines, and Moab, and Ammon, and Edom, and Damascus, and Kedar, and the kingdoms of Hazor and Elam, and finally against Babylon and the land of Chaldea.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Captivity — (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr.…
Jeremiah, Book of — Consists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books. I. The introduction, ch. 1. II. Reproofs of the sins of the Jews, consisting of seven sections, (1.) ch. 2; (2.)…
Ammonites, The · Predictions respecting: Subjection to Babylon — Predictions respecting: Subjection to Babylon
Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Nation · Chastised — Chastised

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 25:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:8-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 25:14

John Gill on Jeremiah 25:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 25:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:8-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 25:14

John Gill on Jeremiah 25:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 25:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 25:14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 25:12-14

Rashi on Jeremiah 25:14