Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
son . . . son's son— (II Chronicles 36:20). Nebuchadnezzar had four successors—Evil-merodach, his son; Neriglissar, husband of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter; his son, Labosodarchod; and Naboned (with whom his son, Belshazzar, was joint king), son of Evil-merodach. But Neriglissar and Labosodarchod were not in the direct male line; so that the prophecy held good to "his son and his son's son," and the intermediate two are omitted.
time of his land—that is, of its subjugation or its being "visited" in wrath (Jeremiah 27:22; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 50:27; Daniel 5:26).
serve themselves of him—make him their servant (Jeremiah 25:14; Isaiah 13:22). So "his day" for the destined day of his calamity (Job 18:20).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 27:7:
Isaiah 23:15
Jeremiah 25:11
Jeremiah 25:14
Jeremiah 28:11
Jeremiah 28:14
Daniel 2:37
Daniel 4:22
Daniel 5:2
Daniel 5:19
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