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Jeremiah 27:8

Jeremiah 27:8
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,.... Will not, upon his approaching to them, invading and besieging them, submit…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 27:1-11

Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer 27:1), and yet the messengers, to whom he is to deliver the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

which … N. king of Babylon not found in LXX, which also omits "and with the pestilence."

until I have consumed them by It is best (so Gi.) by the change of one letter in MT. (a change deriving some…