エレミヤ書 34:13-14 JCB

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

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 34:1-22

Treacherous slave-owners (34:1-22)Again Jeremiah tells King Zedekiah that Jerusalem will fall to the Babylonians. Zedekiah himself will be taken to Babylon but will not be executed. When he eventually dies he will be given a fitting royal funeral (34:1-7).Earlier, when the Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem, Zedekiah issued a command that slave-owners were to release all their Hebrew slaves. He no doubt hoped that his action would win God’s favour, and he probably thought it had succeeded when... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 34:13

in the day = when. See App-18 . bondmen = slaves. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 34:14

Jeremiah 34:14. At the end, &c.— Within the term of seven years. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 34:13

13. The last year of Zedekiah was the sabbatical year. How just the retribution, that they who, against God's law and their own covenant, enslaved their brethren, should be doomed to bondage themselves: and that the bond-servants should enjoy the sabbatical freedom at the hands of the foe ( :-) which their own countrymen denied them! read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 34:14

14. At the end of seven years—that is, not on the eighth year, but within the limit of the seventh year, not later than the end of the seventh year (Exodus 21:2; Exodus 23:10; Deuteronomy 15:12). So "at the end of three years" (Deuteronomy 14:28; 2 Kings 18:10), and "after three days, I will rise again" (2 Kings 18:10- :), that is, on the third day (compare 2 Kings 18:10- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 34:8-22

Treachery against servants 34:8-22This incident happened during the respite in the siege, as did those recorded in Jeremiah 32:1-15; Jeremiah 37-38; and Jeremiah 39:15-18 (cf. Jeremiah 34:21-22). The year was about 588 B.C. read more