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You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
You had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name. —These words point to the solemnity with which…
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you were now turned Or, "today indeed you were turned" F18 some little time ago, indeed, it must be o…
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he threatens those who transgressed.
First, he speaks of the guilt of their fathers when he speaks of the covenant…
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