Jeremiah 25 · Verse 14

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 25:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 25:14 in other translations

BSBFor 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.’”
WEBFor many nations and great kings will make bondservants of them, even of them. I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.”
ASVFor many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
YLTFor laid service on them--also them--have many nations and great kings, and I have given recompence to them according to their doing, and according to the work of their hands.
DARBYFor many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
BBEFor a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.
WebsterFor many nations and great kings shall reduce them to subjection also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

What does Jeremiah 25:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. serve themselves--(Jr 27:7; 30:8; 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 (Jr 25:13), as having oppressed the Jews. their deeds--rather, "deed," namely, their bad treatment of the Jews (Jr 50:29; 51:6, 24; compare 2Ch 36:17).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Many nations and great kings - The Medes and the Persians, under Cyrus; and several princes, his vassals or allies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 25:8-14

The fixing of the time during which the Jewish captivity should last, would not only confirm the prophecy, but also comfort the people of God, and encourage faith and prayer. The ruin of Babylon is foretold: the rod will be thrown into the fire when the correcting work is done. When the set time to favour Zion is come, Babylon shall be punished for their iniquity, as other nations have been punished for their sins…

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Jeremiah 25:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
עָֽבְדוּ\־'a.ve.du-they will workH5647
בָ֤םvamby <the> them
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
הֵ֙מָּה֙he.mahtheyH1992
גּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimnationsH1471
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
וּמְלָכִ֖יםu.me.la.Khimand kingsH4428
גְּדוֹלִ֑יםge.do.LimgreatH1419
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥יve.shi.lam.Tiand I will repayH7999
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemto <the> them
כְּפָעֳלָ֖םke.fo.'o.Lamaccording to deed[s] theirH6467
וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.khe.ma.'a.Sehand according to [the] work ofH4639
יְדֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \סye.dei.Hemhands theirH3027

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 25:14

  • 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 vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

  • 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 shall serve themselves of him.

  • 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 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 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 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.

  • 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 kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 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: 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.

  • 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 servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

  • Daniel 5:28

    PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Habakkuk 2:8-16

    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. …

  • Revelation 18:20-24

    Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. …

  • Jeremiah 51:35-41

    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. 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. And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps. …

  • Jeremiah 51:20-28

    Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
many.
27:7; 50:9,41; 51:6,27,28; Isa 14:2; 45:1-3; Da 5:28; Hab 2:8-16
I.
50:29-34; 51:6,20-27,35-41; Ps 137:8; Isa 66:6; Re 18:20-24

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Context

  • Jeremiah 25:13

    And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

  • 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 25:15

    For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

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Jeremiah 25:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque se servirán también de ellos muchas gentes, y reyes grandes; y yo les pagaré conforme á sus hechos, y conforme á la obra de sus manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car plusieurs nations et de grands rois se serviront d’eux aussi; et je leur rendrai selon leurs actions, et selon l’œuvre de leurs mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn viele Nationen und große Könige werden auch sie dienstbar machen; und ich werde ihnen nach ihrem Tun und nach dem Werke ihrer Hände vergelten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia servierunt eis, cum essent gentes multæ, et reges magni: et reddam eis secundum opera eorum, et secundum facta manuum suarum.