Yēlìmǐshū 34:15

15 Rújīn nǐmen huízhuǎn , xíng wǒ yǎn zhōng kàn wéi zhēng de shì , gèrén xiàng línshè xuāngào zìyóu , bìngqiĕ zaì chēngwèi wǒ míng xià de diàn zhōng , zaì wǒ miànqián lì yuē .

Yēlìmǐshū 34:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 34:15

And ye were now turned
Or, "today indeed ye were turned" ^F18 some little time ago, indeed, it must be owned, that ye turned from the evil ways of your fathers, for which you were to be commended, as having acted a better part than they: and had done right in my sight;
what was acceptable to the Lord, approved of by him, being agreeably to his law; and it would have been well if they had continued so doing: in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour;
for a manservant, or maidservant, was his neighbour, and to be treated as such, and loved as himself, especially a Hebrew one, of the same nation and religion; and not to be used as a slave, or retained for ever in bondage: and ye made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my
name;
this circumstance is mentioned as an aggravation of the breach of the covenant they had made, to dismiss their servants according to law; it was made in a very solemn manner, in the presence of God, appealing to him as a witness; it was done in the temple, a sacred place, devoted to him and his worship; which was called by his name, the temple of the Lord, and where his name was called upon, and where were the symbols of his presence.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Mwyh Mta wbvtw) "jam, [vel] et quidem conversi fuistis hodie", Schmidt; "reversi quidem vos hodie", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Yēlìmǐshū 34:15 In-Context

13 Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén rúcǐ shuō , wǒ jiāng nǐmen de lièzǔ cóng Āijí dì wèi nú zhī jiā lǐng chūlai de shíhou , yǔ tāmen lì yuē shuō ,

14 Nǐde yī gè Xībólái dìxiōng ruò maì gĕi nǐ , fúshì nǐ liù nián , dào dì qī nián nǐmen gèrén jiù yào rén tā zìyóu chū qù . zhǐshì nǐmen lièzǔ bú tīng cóng wǒ , yĕ bù zè ĕr ér tīng .

15 Rújīn nǐmen huízhuǎn , xíng wǒ yǎn zhōng kàn wéi zhēng de shì , gèrén xiàng línshè xuāngào zìyóu , bìngqiĕ zaì chēngwèi wǒ míng xià de diàn zhōng , zaì wǒ miànqián lì yuē .

16 Nǐmen què yòu fǎn huǐ , xièdú wǒde míng , gèrén jiào suǒ rén qù suíyì zìyóu de púrén bìnǚ huí lái , miǎnqiǎng tāmen réng wèi pú bì .

17 Suǒyǐ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen méiyǒu tīng cóng wǒ , gèrén xiàng dìxiōng línshè xuāngào zìyóu . kàn nǎ . wǒ xiàng nǐmen xuāngào yíyàng zìyóu , jiù shì shǐ nǐmen zìyóu yú dāo jiàn , jīhuāng , wēnyì zhī xià , bìngqiĕ shǐ nǐmen zaì tiān xià wàn guó zhōng pāo lái pāo qù . zhè shì Yēhéhuá de huà .