Jeremiah 27:11

“But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, etc.] That at once, and readily, submit unto him, and pay him tribute: those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; undisturbed by any other enemy; peaceably dwelling in their own habitations; following their occupations and business of life; and enjoying their substance and estates, only paying the tax imposed on them: and they shall till it, and dwell therein; manure and cultivate it, and gather and eat the fruit of it, and continue to do so, they and their posterity after them.”

“serve . . . till it--The same Hebrew root expresses "serve" and "till," or "cultivate." Serve ye the king of Babylon, and the land will serve you [CALVIN].”

“Nations ... - Rather, the nation. return to 'Top of Page'”

“to bring, Jer 27:2, Jer 27:8, Jer 27:12 those: Jer 21:9, Jer 38:2, Jer 40:9-12, Jer 42:10, Jer 42:11 Jeremiah 27:12”

“The people, on the other hand, that bends under the yoke of the king of Babylon shall remain in its own land. For the great Asiatic conquerors contented themselves, in the first place, with thoroughly subjecting the vanquished nations and imposing a tribute; only in the case of stubborn resistance or of insurrection on the part of the conquered did they proceed to destroy the kingdoms and deport their populations. This Zedekiah and the ambassadors that had come to him might have learnt from Nebuchadnezzar's course of action after the capture of Jerusalem under Jehoiachin, as compared with that in Jehoiakim's time, had they not been utterly infatuated by the lying spirit of the false…”