Commentators usually say that the laws dealing with the emancipation of the Hebrew slaves, as well as the law of the land resting during the sabbat…

But you turned and polluted my name ... —The second verb is the same as that translated “profane the name of the…

Though we do not read that what the Prophet relates here was done by God’s command, yet we may easily gather that Zedekiah the king had been warned…

But you turned and polluted my name Changed their minds, and turned from their resolutions they had entered into, and the…

A Jew should not be held in servitude for more than seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the …

1. Here, he threatens those who transgressed.

   1. First, he speaks of the guilt of their fathers when he speaks of the covenant…