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, saith Jehovah, 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.
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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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Behold, I proclaim a liberty for you ... The phrase proclaim liberty, prominent in connection with the law that …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
Therefore thus says the Lord. This being the case, and this their crime, which was provoking to the Lord; you…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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 …
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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Here, he threatens those who transgressed.
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First, he speaks of the guilt of their fathers when he speaks of the covenant…
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Albert Barnes
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