E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 34:20
life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more
life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more
which are gone up from you. See note on Jeremiah 34:9 . read more
a desolation, &c.: or, too desolate to have an inhabitant; or, desolate through having no inhabitant. read more
"Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah 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 bondage, saying, At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me neither inclined their ear. And ye were now... read more
"Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth."What a proclamation is this! God says, "Very well, I make a proclamation for you, freeing you from my love and protection, and giving you your liberty to be destroyed by the ravages of... read more
"And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof."For more on the nature of the covenant here, see under Jeremiah 34:8,10 above. It was the kind of covenant that God made with Abraham in Genesis 15:10ff, in which birds and/or animals were divided, and the parties of the covenant passed between the divided portions of the creatures that... read more
"The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf; I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field."In a word, this was a death sentence for the violators of the covenant. Note the opening words in the next line, "And Zedekiah king of Judah... read more
"And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the king of Babylon's army, that are gone away from you. Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."These two verses fix the date of the events in this chapter. They occurred in... read more
Jeremiah 34:14. At the end, &c.— Within the term of seven years. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 34:18
men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14 . transgressed. Hebrew. 'abar. App-44 . cut the calf in twain. Compare Genesis 15:9 , Genesis 15:10 . passed between, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 15:10-17 ). read more