Jeremías 34:17

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.

Jeremías 34:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore thus saith the Lord
This being the case, and this their crime, which was provoking to the Lord; ye have not hearkened unto me in proclaiming liberty everyone to his
brother, and everyone to his neighbour;
for though they did proclaim liberty, they did not act according to it; they did not give the liberty they proclaimed, at least they did not continue so to do; as soon almost as they had granted the favour, they took it away again; and because they did not persevere in well doing, it is reckoned by the Lord as not done at all: behold, I proclaim liberty for you, saith the Lord;
or rather against them; he dismissed them from his service, care, and protection, and consigned them to other lords and masters: he gave them up to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine;
to rule over them; and gave them liberty to make havoc of them, and destroy them, that what was left by the one might be seized on by the other: and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth:
or, "for a commotion" ^F20; to be moved, and wander from place to place in great fear and terror, not knowing where to settle or live comfortably. This was a liberty to go about in foreign countries where they could, for relief and shelter, being banished from their own land; but this was a liberty very miserable and uncomfortable; and indeed no other than captivity and bondage; and so it is threatened that what remained of them, who were not destroyed with the sword of the Chaldeans, or perished not by pestilence and famine, should be carried captive, and be miserable vagabonds in each of the kingdoms and nations of the world.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (hewzl) "in commotionem", Vatablus, Cocceius, Schmidt, "commotioni", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremías 34:17 In-Context

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.

18 Puesto que rompieron las condiciones de nuestro pacto, los partiré en dos tal como ustedes partieron el becerro cuando caminaron entre las mitades para solemnizar sus votos.

19 Así es, yo los partiré, sean autoridades de Judá o de Jerusalén, funcionarios de la corte, sacerdotes o gente común, porque rompieron su juramento.