OET interlinear YIR (JER) 27:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) that does not put its neck under the yoke of the king

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was the,nation and,the,kingdom which/who not serve DOM=him/it DOM Nebukadnetstsar king Bāⱱel and=DOM which/who not he/it_gave DOM neck_of,its in,the_yoke_of king Bāⱱel with,sword and,with,famine and,with,pestilence punish on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,nation (the)=that declares_of YHWH until I,have_consumed DOM=them in=his/its=hand )

Being the king’s slave is spoken of as being an animal on to the shoulders of which the king puts a yoke so it can do heavy work. Alternate translation: [and whose people do not willingly become slaves of the king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) I have destroyed it by his hand

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was the,nation and,the,kingdom which/who not serve DOM=him/it DOM Nebukadnetstsar king Bāⱱel and=DOM which/who not he/it_gave DOM neck_of,its in,the_yoke_of king Bāⱱel with,sword and,with,famine and,with,pestilence punish on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,nation (the)=that declares_of YHWH until I,have_consumed DOM=them in=his/its=hand )

The hand here could be a metonym for Nebuchadnezzar’s power, or it could be a metonym for Nebuchadnezzar’s armies. Alternate translation: [I have used Nebuchadnezzar’s power to destroy it] or [I have enabled Nebuchadnezzar’s armies to destroy i]