Jeremiah 25:14
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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.For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
In other translations
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.For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588עָבְדוּ־'avedu-they will workH5647בָםvamby <the> themגַּם־gam-alsoH1571הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992גּוֹיִםgoyimnationsH1471רַבִּיםrabimmanyH7227וּמְלָכִיםumelakhimand kingsH4428גְּדוֹלִיםgedolimgreatH1419וְשִׁלַּמְתִּיveshilamtiand I will repayH7999לָהֶםlahemto <the> themכְּפָעֳלָםkefo'olamaccording to deed[s] theirH6467וּכְמַעֲשֵׂהukhema'asehand according to [the] work ofH4639יְדֵיהֶם׃ סyedeihemhands theirH3027
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 51:6Flee 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 vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
- Jeremiah 27:7And 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 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.
- Jeremiah 50:9For, 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.For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 50:41Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
- Isaiah 14:2And 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 servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- Isaiah 45:1-31 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 kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: 2 “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
- Isaiah 66:6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
- Jeremiah 51:35-4135 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem. 36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. 37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant. 38 They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
- Daniel 5:28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
- Psalm 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
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People and places
Places: Babylon