Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 27:6
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Jeremiah27:6
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon my servant , and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him .
By the former words God gave the Prophet Authority to assert his dominion, and right to dispose of all Creatures, by these he authorizeth him to reveal his Will concerning the disposal of the lands of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon, viz. that he had disposed of them to Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon whom he calleth his servant.
Because he did the work which he would have him to do; though as God said of the Assyrian, Isa. 10.7. he meaned not so; he had nothing less in his thoughts then to obey any command of God. Wicked men being Gods Servants, as the Hawk is the prudent Faulconers servant, who maketh use of the Ravenous quality of the Hawk to get game for him. 'Twice more at least we find Nebuchadnezzar thus called, chap. 25.9. & 43.10.
God further adds that the beasts should serve him, by which he either means that the Cattel which were in the possession of the men of those Nations should also come into his power: or that God had also given the Horses and Oxen and other beasts which he should use in his Wars for Carriages, or conveniency, to him so as they should be really serviceable to him in his Conquests of those Countries.
Marginal references: chap. 28.14. Dan. 2.38.
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