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Repentance Born of Fear
Commentators highlight that the people's decision to free their slaves was not a genuine change of heart but a desperate bargain made under the terror of the Babylonian siege. As soon as the threat seemed to pass, they immediately went back on their word. This serves as a powerful warning that reformation which springs only from terror is seldom lasting.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 34:8–22
18th Century
Theologian
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…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 34:8–17
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Jeremiah 34:11
17th Century
Pastor
But afterwards they turned
From the law of God, and their own agreement, and returned to their former usage of their…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 34:8–22
17th Century
Minister
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 …