Jeremiah 34
1 Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah and the city.
8 The princes and the people having dismissed their bond-servants, contrary to the covenant of God, re-assume them.
12 Jeremiah, for their disobedience, gives them and Zedekiah into the hands of their enemies.
spoke <01697> [A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. The word.]
This chapter contains two discourses, one concerning the taking of the city, and Zedekiah's captivity and death, ver. 1-7; and the other containing an invective against the inhabitants of Jerusalem for retaining their Hebrew slaves, ver. 8-22; both of which were delivered in the tenth year of Zedekiah.
Nebuchadnezzar <05019> [when.]
kingdoms <04467> [all the kingdoms.]
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give ..................... hand <05414> [Behold.]
escape ................................ go <04422 0935> [And thou.]
confront <05869> [and thine.]
answer <06310 01696> [he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth. Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth.]
die <04191> [But thou.]
burn <04955> [and with.]
<08313> [so.]
mourn <05594> [and they.]
attacking Jerusalem <03898 03389> [fought against.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
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Hebrew <05680> [Hebrew.]
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Every <07093> [At the.]
sold <04376> [been sold. or, sold himself.]
ancestors <01> [but.]
It appears from this and several other passages, that the sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles (ch. 36:21) assigns this as a reason for the captivity, "that the land might enjoy her sabbaths." Now, if we reckon the seventy years' captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490 years.
Recently .......................... made <03117 03772> [ye.]
Recently <03117> [now. Heb. to-day. in proclaiming.]
made <03772> [ye had.]
granted ........................ claimed .... own <07121 08034> [which is called by my name. Heb. whereupon my name is called.]
turned right around ............. took back <07725> [ye turned.]
did not honor <02490> [polluted.]
forced <03533> [and brought.]
freedom <07121> [behold.]
When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them.
die ... war ... by <02719> [to the sword.]
make <05414> [I will.]
<02189> [to be removed. Heb. for a removing.]
violated .................. passed <05674> [have transgressed.]
cut <03772> [when.]
This was the ancient mode of making a covenant. (See on De 29:12 Jos 9:7.)
leaders <08269> [princes.]
court officials <05631> [the eunuchs.]
hand <03027> [and into.]
dead bodies <05038> [and their.]
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
withdrawn <05927> [which are.]
order <06680> [I will command.]
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They did return, and reinvested the city; and, after an obstinate defence, took it, plundered it, and burnt it to the ground, taking Zedekiah, his princes, and people, captive.
fight <03898> [shall fight.]
make <05414> [and I will.]
