Jeremiah 27:5-6
5“I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, ▼ and I give it to whomever I see fit. ▼ 6I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power ▼▼tn Heb “have given…into the hand of.”
of my servant, ▼ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. ▼▼tn Heb “I have given…to him to serve him.” The verb “give” in this syntactical situation is functioning like the Hiphil stem, i.e., as a causative. See Dan 1:9 for parallel usage. For the usage of “serve” meaning “be subject to,” compare 2 Sam 22:44 and BDB 713 s.v. עָבַד 3.
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