Bible Commentaries
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 27
Thus saith - God commands the prophet to procure some yokes with bonds to make them more fast; and to put one of them upon his own neck, that therein he might be a type both to his own people, and also the people afterward mentioned, that they should be in bondage to the king of Babylon.
Of Edom - These nations were neighbours to the Jews, and their princes had their ambassadors resident in Jerusalem.
All nations - That is, all these nations. His son - And Evil - Merodach his son, and Belshazzar his grand - child. Until - Until the period of his kingdom shall come, which was after seventy years, according to Jeremiah 29:10 .
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