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More Than Just Injustice
Scholars explain that the sin of the people was not merely re-enslaving others. It was a compounded evil: cruelty was followed by a solemn covenant to repent, which was then treacherously broken. This act profaned God's holy name, turning injustice into sacrilege because they violated an oath made before Him.
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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 34:16
19th Century
Bishop
But you turned and polluted my name ... —The second verb is the same as that translated “profane the name of the…
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 34:16
17th Century
Pastor
But you turned and polluted my name Changed their minds, and turned from their resolutions they had entered into, and the…
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 …