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Jeremiah 34:17-22

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17 "Therefore, thus says the LORD: You have not obeyed me 1by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; 2behold, I proclaim to you liberty 3to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the LORD. 4I 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 5the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like[a]6the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts--
19 the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, 7the 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 8and into the hand of those who seek their lives. 9Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
21 And 10Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon 11which has withdrawn from you.
22 Behold, 12I will command, declares the LORD, and will 13bring them back to this city. 14And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. 15I will make the cities of Judah a desolation 16without inhabitant."
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Jeremiah 34:17-22 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 16

  • 1. [See ver. 8 above]
  • 2. [Matthew 7:2; Galatians 6:7; James 2:13]
  • 3. See Jeremiah 14:12
  • 4. See Jeremiah 15:4
  • 5. [See ver. 15 above]
  • 6. [Genesis 15:10]
  • 7. Jeremiah 29:2
  • 8. See Jeremiah 22:25
  • 9. See Jeremiah 7:33
  • 10. [ver. 2, 4, 8]
  • 11. Jeremiah 37:5, 11
  • 12. Isaiah 10:6
  • 13. Jeremiah 37:8; Jeremiah 38:3
  • 14. Jeremiah 37:8; Jeremiah 38:3
  • 15. Jeremiah 9:11
  • 16. See Jeremiah 4:7

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