Jeremías 34:15

15 Hace poco ustedes se arrepintieron e hicieron lo que es correcto obedeciendo mi palabra. Liberaron a sus esclavos e hicieron un pacto solemne conmigo en el templo que lleva mi nombre.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 34:15 In-Context

13 «Esto dice el Señor
, Dios de Israel: “Hace tiempo hice un pacto con sus antepasados cuando los rescaté de la esclavitud de Egipto.

14 Les dije que todo esclavo hebreo debía ser liberado después de haber servido seis años; pero sus antepasados no me hicieron caso.

15 Hace poco ustedes se arrepintieron e hicieron lo que es correcto obedeciendo mi palabra. Liberaron a sus esclavos e hicieron un pacto solemne conmigo en el templo que lleva mi nombre.

16 Sin embargo, ahora ustedes abandonaron su juramento y profanaron mi nombre al volver a tomar a los hombres y a las mujeres que habían liberado y los obligaron a ser esclavos otra vez.

17 »”Por lo tanto, esto dice el Señor
: ya que ustedes me han desobedecido al no poner en libertad a sus compatriotas, yo los pondré a ustedes en libertad para ser destruidos por guerra, enfermedad y hambre. Serán objeto de horror para todas las naciones de la tierra.