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“I have made the earth with humankind and animals[a] that are on the face of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever is right in my eyes. And now I myself have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and also the animals[b] of the field I have given to him to serve him. And all the nations will serve him, and his son, and his grandson,[c] until the coming of the time of his own[d] land. Then many nations and great kings will let him work.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:5 Hebrew “animal”
  2. Jeremiah 27:6 Hebrew “animal”
  3. Jeremiah 27:7 Literally “the son of his son”
  4. Jeremiah 27:7 Literally “also his”

With my great power and outstretched arm(A) I made(B) the earth and its people and the animals(C) that are on it, and I give(D) it to anyone I please. Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant(E) Nebuchadnezzar(F) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.(G) All nations will serve(H) him and his son and his grandson until the time(I) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(J) him.

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