My Servant Nebuchadnezzar.

In the book of Jeremiah, the title ... ("my servant") is conferred on the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, the personal suffix referring to God. However, in the same book of the Hebrew Bible, this king is depicted as a cruel enemy. This makes it difficult to understand why in three instances, Jeremia...

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Published in:	Vetus Testamentum Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 109 - 135
Main Author:	Smelik, Klaas A. D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2014
Subjects:	Bible. Jeremiah Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia, d. 562 B.C. Faithfulness of God Old Testament Enemies Biblical criticism Religion
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	In the book of Jeremiah, the title ... ("my servant") is conferred on the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, the personal suffix referring to God. However, in the same book of the Hebrew Bible, this king is depicted as a cruel enemy. This makes it difficult to understand why in three instances, Jeremiah 25:9; 27:6 and 43:10, the title Hap is ... never-theless used in relation to the Babylonian king. In this article, various solutions to this problem are discussed and a new one is proposed.