"That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother."
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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 te...
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CHAPTER 34:8-22
The Message of Condemnation
The king had made a covenant that all Hebrew slaves should be released
Exodus 21:1; Deuteronomy 15:12. The princes and people agreed, but
afterwards broke...
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THE CANCELLED LIBERATION OF SLAVES. In the interval during which the
besiegers had withdrawn (Jeremiah 34:21; _cf._ Jeremiah 21:2; Jeremiah
37:5), Jeremiah is commissioned to condemn the breach of the...
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EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.
GO FREE. See note on Jeremiah 34:8, and compare verses: Jeremiah
34:21; Jeremiah 34:22, which show that this covenant was made during.
temporary withdrawal of the b...
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Condemnation of the perjury involved in the treatment of the Hebrew
slaves
The subsection may be summarized as follows. (i) Jeremiah 34:8.
Zedekiah induces the people solemnly to bind themselves to r...
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B. A Shameful Repudiation Jeremiah 34:8-11
TRANSLATION
(8) The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after king
Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were in
Jerusalem to pro...
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That every man should let his manservant, and every man his
maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none
should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
THAT NONE S...
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JEREMIAH'S EIGHTEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH). THE FATE OF
ZEDEKIAH. THE TREATMENT OF HEBREW SLAVES
Early in the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar, whose scheme of conquest
included all the region as f...
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לְ֠ שַׁלַּח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת ־עַבְדֹּ֞ו וְ
אִ֧ישׁ אֶת ־שִׁפְחָתֹ֛ו הָ עִבְרִ֥י
וְ הָ עִבְרִיָּ֖ה...
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CHAPTER XI
A BROKEN COVENANT
Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 34:1, Jeremiah 37:1
"All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage
again all the slaves whom they had set free." Jeremiah...
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Chapter s thirty-four and thirty-five contain prophecies of the siege.
The armies of Nebuchadnezzar were round about Jerusalem, and Jehovah
declared to Zedekiah that the king of Babylon would be succe...
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That every man should release his male (e) servant, and every man his
female servant, [being] a Hebrew man or woman; that none should retain
them in service, [that is], a Jew his brother.
(e) Accordi...
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_Brethren. The sabbatical year happened in the 9th of Sedecias, when
the Chaldeans approaching, caused him to shew some signs of religion.
But when they departed to meet the Egyptians, the people repe...
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Concerning the law for the release of servants, we have it at large,
Exodus 21:16. And as this was a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus, in
becoming Jehovah's servant for his Church and people; it was m...
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On the occasion of renewed iniquity the prophet announces the certain
ruin of the people. Nevertheless Zedekiah, though carried captive to
Babylon, should die there in peace. [1] In the succeeding Cha...
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THAT EVERY MAN SHOULD LET HIS MANSERVANT, AND EVERY MAN HIS
MAIDSERVANT, [BEING] AN HEBREW, OR AN HEBREWESS, GO FREE,.... This is
the proclamation that was agreed to be made, that every manservant and...
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That every man should let his manservant, and every man his
maidservant, [being] an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none
should serve himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.
Ver. 9. _T...
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Of The Evil Treatment of Bond-Servants....
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8-22 A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law
they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that
the siege was raised, they forced the servants they had rele...
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This was the tenor of God's law mentioned in the above named texts;
and it seemeth Zedekiah, taking notice of the common violation of this
law, and the Jews ordinary oppressing those of their own nati...
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Jeremiah 34:9 man H376 H376 set H7971 (H8763) free H2670 male H5650
man H5680 keep H5647 Jewish H3064 brother H251 bondage H5647 (H8800)
Hebrew - Genesis 14:13, Genesis 40:15; Exodus 2:6,...
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SECTION 2 (JEREMIAH 26:1 TO JEREMIAH 45:5). (CONTINUED).
As we have previously seen this Section of Jeremiah from Jeremiah 26:1
to Jeremiah 45:5 divides up into four main subsections, which are as
fo...
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CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah concerning the coming captivity.
Zedekiah's ineffectual decree.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah.
CONCLUSION: God's compassion toward us should engag...
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Jeremiah 34:2. _Go and speak to Zedekiah._ This revelation was
delivered in the tenth year of his reign, and would have saved the
land, when all hopes of safety were fled.
Jeremiah 34:4. _Thou shalt...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 34:8 When Jerusalem feared that defeat was
imminent, the people freed all HEBREW SLAVES, or bondservants, so they
could fight, BUT AFTERWARD, when the threat subsided, they t...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES:—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Section
I., Jeremiah 34:1, is in subject connected with chap. Jeremiah 32:1.
These verses, however, seem slightly to antedate that chapter,...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter must be taken in connection with Jeremiah 35:1. The whole
section consists of three passages, introduced with a superscription
in the same form, but otherwise unrelated. It se...
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Now we come to a chronologically new set of prophecies, and this is
one that Zedekiah threw him in jail for back in the thirty-first
chapter, thirty-second chapter.
The word which came unto Jeremiah...
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1 Corinthians 6:8; 1 Samuel 14:11; 1 Samuel 4:6; 1 Samuel 4:9; 2
Corinthians 11:22; Deuteronomy 15:12; Exodus 2:6; Exodus 3:18; Genesis
14:13;...