Jeremiah 34 - Introduction

The ordinary view of this prophecy Jeremiah 34, that it is a more full account of the narrative given in Jeremiah 32:3, is not so probable as that which takes it in connection with Jeremiah 21:1. Jeremiah had then informed Zedekiah by his messengers that Jerusalem would certainly be captured: but he was still in a condition to obtain good terms, and the prophet goes to him and lays before him the alternative. Zedekiah with all the obstinacy of a weak man chose to continue the war, and lost kingdom, eyesight, and liberty.