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Jer_27:7 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.
Ver. 7. And all nations shall serve him.] All the neighbouring nations, and some others more remote; but never was any man ðáíôïêñáôùñ , universal monarch, though some have styled themselves so, as did Sesostris King of Egypt:
“ Qui Pharios currus regum cervicibus egit. ”
Until the very time of his land come.] The greatest monarchies had their times and their turns, their rise and their ruin.
And then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.] As the Chaldeans had served themselves of the Assyrians, so did the Persians of the Chaldeans, the Greeks of the Persians, the Romans of the Greeks, the Goths and Vandals, and now the Turks, of the Romans; such an aestuaria vicissitudo there is in earthly kingdoms, such a strange uncertainty in all things here below. "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear." {Heb_12:28} Let us serve him, and not serve ourselves upon him, as self-seekers do.