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Jeremiah 34:10-20

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10 And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again. They obeyed and set them free.
11 But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves 1they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves.
12 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
13 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when 2I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
14 3'At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; 4you must set him free from your service.' But 5your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes 6by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and 7you made a covenant before me in the 8house that is called by my name,
16 but then you turned around 9and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, 10whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.
17 "Therefore, thus says the LORD: You have not obeyed me 11by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; 12behold, I proclaim to you liberty 13to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the LORD. 14I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of 15the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like[a]16the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts--
19 the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, 17the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf.
20 And I will give them into the hand of their enemies 18and into the hand of those who seek their lives. 19Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
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Jeremiah 34:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 34

In this chapter is a prophecy of the taking and burning of Jerusalem; of the captivity of Zedekiah king of Judah; and of the destruction of the whole land, because of their breach of covenant to let servants go free. The time of this prophecy is observed, Jer 34:1,6,7; the taking and burning of the city, Jer 34:2; the carrying captive the king, who yet should not die a violent death, but in peace, and should have an honourable funeral, Jer 34:3-5; the covenant the king, princes, and people entered into, to let their servants go free, according to the law of God, which was at first observed, and afterwards retracted, Jer 34:8-11; which conduct is taken notice of and resented, Jer 34:13-16; and they are threatened with the sore judgments of God, sword, famine, pestilence, and captivity, the king, princes, priests, and people; and with the destruction, not on of Jerusalem, but of the rest of the cities of Judah, Jer 34:17-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. [See ver. 9 above]
  • 2. Exodus 20:2
  • 3. Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:12
  • 4. [See ver. 9 above]
  • 5. Jeremiah 7:24, 26; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:5
  • 6. [See ver. 8 above]
  • 7. ver. 8; [2 Kings 23:3]
  • 8. See Jeremiah 7:10
  • 9. Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 19:12
  • 10. ver. 11
  • 11. [See ver. 8 above]
  • 12. [Matthew 7:2; Galatians 6:7; James 2:13]
  • 13. See Jeremiah 14:12
  • 14. See Jeremiah 15:4
  • 15. [See ver. 15 above]
  • 16. [Genesis 15:10]
  • 17. Jeremiah 29:2
  • 18. See Jeremiah 22:25
  • 19. See Jeremiah 7:33

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The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.