Discovery BoxJeremiah 27:3 
Context27:3 Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, 1 and Sidon. 2 Send them through 3 the envoys who have come to Jerusalem 4 to King Zedekiah of Judah.
Jeremiah 27:6
Context27:6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power 5 of my servant, 6 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. 7
1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
2 sn The nations of Edom, Moab, and Ammon were east of Judah. They were sometimes allies and sometimes enemies. The nations of Tyre and Sidon were on the sea coast north and west of Judah. They are best known for their maritime trade during the reign of Solomon. They were more commonly allies of Israel and Judah than enemies.
map For the location of Sidon see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
3 tn Heb “send by means of them” [i.e., the straps and crossbars made into a yoke] to…through.” The text is broken up in conformity with contemporary English style. Many English versions ignore the suffix on the end of “send” and find some support for this on the basis of its absence in the Lucianic Greek text. However, it is probably functioning metonymically here for the message which they see symbolized before them and is now explained clearly to them.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “have given…into the hand of.”
6 sn See the study note on 25:9 for the significance of the application of this term to Nebuchadnezzar.
7 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.
sn This statement is rhetorical, emphasizing the totality of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion. Neither here nor in Dan 2:38 is it to be understood literally.
