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Vows Made Before God
The people's promise to free their slaves was not a simple decree but a sacred covenant made "in the house which is called by my name"—the Temple. Commentators stress that this solemn setting, in God's very presence, made their subsequent betrayal not just an injustice to their neighbors, but a profound sin and act of perjury against God himself.
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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…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 34:15
19th Century
Bishop
You had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name. —These words point to the solemnity with which…
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…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 34:15
17th Century
Pastor
And you were now turned
Or, "today indeed you were turned" F18 some little time ago, indeed, it must be o…
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 …