Jeremiah 34:21

21 And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives, and into the hands of the king of Babylon's army which has gone away from you.

Jeremiah 34:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 34:21

And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes
These were either the princes of the blood, the sons of Zedekiah, and his nobles and courtiers, as distinct from the princes in ( Jeremiah 34:19 ) ; these shall not be spared, neither the king, nor his sons, nor those of the privy council: but those will I give I to the hands of their enemies, and into the hand of them
that seek their life;
as in ( Jeremiah 34:20 ) ; and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army;
or, "even into the hand" ^F2 &c. and so this is an explanation of the former, and shows who their enemies were, and those that sought their life. The accomplishment of this may be seen in ( Jeremiah 52:9-11 ) ; which are gone up from you;
departed from Jerusalem, as the Chaldean army did upon hearing that Pharaoh king of Egypt was marching with his army to raise the siege of Jerusalem; upon which they left it, and went forth to meet him; and this encouraged the wicked Jews to break their covenant, and reduce their servants to bondage again, they had let go free; see ( Jeremiah 37:5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (dybw) "in manum, inquam, exercitus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremiah 34:21 In-Context

19 The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the people of the land who went between the parts of the ox,

20 Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

21 And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives, and into the hands of the king of Babylon's army which has gone away from you.

22 See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.