Jeremiah 27:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
עָבַד
To serve, to work, to worship. Abad. You shall worship the LORD your God and Him only shall you serve. Worship and service are the same word in Hebrew.
פָּקַד
I will visit judgment
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פָּקַד
To visit, to attend to, to appoint. Paqad. God pays personal attention. He comes to attend to your needs. His visits always produce change.
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מֶלֶךְ
the king of
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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תָּמַם
have consumed/ I
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תָּמַם
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
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נָתַן
it will put
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר
Nebuchadnezzar
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar ·
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נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
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צַוָּאר
neck/ its
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צַוָּאר
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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