エレミヤ書 34:12-16 JCB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 34:16

Verse 16 The Prophet expostulates here with the Jews, as we said in the last Lecture, with regard to their perjury; for they had made in a solemn manner a covenant in the Temple of God, to set free their servants according to what the law prescribed. There would have been no need of such a ceremony, had they observed what they learnt from the Law; but neither they nor their fathers observed the equity prescribed to them by God. Hence there was a necessity for a new promise, sanctioned by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:1-22

The first passage ( Jeremiah 34:1-7 ) is virtually a postscript to Jeremiah 32:1-44 ; Jeremiah 33:1-26 .; it apparently contains the prophecy referred to in Jeremiah 32:3-5 as the cause of Jeremiah's imprisonment. The same prophecy recurs in a shorter form in Jeremiah 37:17 , and, by comparing the context of this passage with Jeremiah 32:1 , etc; we are enabled to infer that the original prophecy was uttered at the renewal of the siege of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, who had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:8-22

False obedience. An incident of the siege of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. At the first alarm the liberation of the Hebrew slaves was declared and solemnly ratified, according to the sabbatic law, which had long sunk into desuetude. The aim of this was a purely military one, viz. the advantage to be derived from the services of the freedmen in the army, and the removal of disabilities that might occasion disaffection within the walls. Yet an appearance of religion was given to it by the form... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:8-22

Playing fast and loose with God. See the history. Under fear occasioned by the prophet's earnest appeals and the obvious fact that the judgment of God was drawing near—for the Chaldeans were at the gates—the king and his people solemnly vow to release their slaves. They had no right to retain them; they were sinning against God and them in so doing. Hence they let them go. But the fear departs, they think their danger has disappeared, and they enslave their brethren again. It was an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:8-22

A right act done in a wrong spirit. I. CONSIDER THE ACT ITSELF . It was emphatically a right act in itself. It did not become right or necessary merely by becoming a covenanted thing. It was an act that meant the attainment of liberty to a very considerable number of people who were not their own masters. God is always on the side of liberty, for only to the free individual is full opportunity given of serving God. And yet this must be said with qualification. External liberty is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:13

Out of the house of bondmen. Egypt had been a "house of bondmen" to their fathers ( Exodus 13:3 ; Deuteronomy 6:12 , and elsewhere); let them not make the holy city thus grievous to those who were equally with themselves children of Jehovah's redeemed ones. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:14

At the end of seven years, etc. This is the literal rendering, but the sense, as is clear from the parallel passage in Deuteronomy 15:12 , and indeed from the next clause of this very verse, is "in the seventh ( not, the eighth) year." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:15

Ye were now turned; or, ye returned (the primary meaning is simply "to turn;" hence read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 34:8-22

It is usual with commentators to say that, the laws dealing with the emancipation of the Hebrew slaves, as also that of the land resting during the sabbatical year, were not observed. The narrative teaches us the exact contrary. The manumission of the slaves on the present occasion was the spontaneous act of Zedekiah and the people. They knew of the law, and acknowledged its obligation. The observance of it was, no doubt, lax: the majority let their own selfish interests prevail; but the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 34:13-14

Jeremiah 34:13-14. I made a covenant with your fathers, saying, At the end of seven years This is the literal translation of מקצ שׁבע שׁנים ; but the import of the phrase is, in the course of the seventh year; or, within the term of seven years, as Dr. Waterland renders it. “The seventh year was the year of release, (Deuteronomy 15:9,) consequently servants were to continue in service but six years, and at the beginning of the seventh were to be let go free; ibid, Jeremiah 34:12. And... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 34:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:8-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:8-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:8-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 34:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 34:8-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 34:13-14

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