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.
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- WEB All the nations will serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, until the time of his land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
- NASB All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will make him their servant.
- NLT All the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until his time is up. Then many nations and great kings will conquer and rule over Babylon.
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Quick answer
Babylon's dominion will last through Nebuchadnezzar's dynasty until its appointed time, after which it too will be subjugated. God fixes both the rise and fall of empires.
Overview
Even Babylon's power has a divinely set limit; in time many nations will make Babylon their servant, fulfilled when Persia conquered it. This assures the exiles that their oppressor's reign is temporary. God's justice will eventually overturn the proud empire He used for discipline. History moves not by chance but by God's timetable, which culminates in the unshakable kingdom of His Son (Daniel 2:44).
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- Jer 52:31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
- Rev 13:5–10The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Isa 14:4–6you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
- Jer 25:11–14And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Dan 5:25–31Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
- Zech 2:8–9For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Ps 137:8–9O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Isa 13:8–22Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
- Rev 18:2–8And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
- Hab 2:7Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
- Rev 14:8Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Isa 47:1–5“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Isa 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- Jer 50:1–46This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
- Isa 14:22–23“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
- Rev 14:15–20Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”
- Rev 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- 2 Chr 36:20–21Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
- Isa 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- Ps 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
- Rev 17:16–17And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
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