Bible Commentary

But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. 16. at their pleasure ] lit. according to their soul. See on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:16”

And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: Ye were now turned; that is, reformed in this particular, in which you had done the thing which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:15”

At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother a Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. 14. At the end of seven years … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:14”

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, The law of God is called often a covenant, because it containeth the will of God which he would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:13”

Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 12 16. See introd. summary to the subsection. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord,…. The word of Jehovah the Son, from Jehovah the Father, because of this transgression … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:12”

But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. Verse 11. But afterward they turned] They had agreed to manumit them at the end of the seventh year; but when the seventh year was ended, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:11”

Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let [them] go. 10, 11. The MT. is somewhat awkward, and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:10”

That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, [being] a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother. 9. serve himself of them ] The poverty, arising out of the devastation wrought by repeated wars, must have brought about … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:9”

[This is] the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which [were] at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 8. had made a covenant ] According to Exo 21:2 [E] a Hebrew male slave was to be set free after six … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:8”

When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defensed cities remained of the cities of Judah. 7. all that were left ] The LXX give some support to the probability that this part of the v. is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 34:7”