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Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
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A Terrible Freedom
Commentators emphasize the verse's powerful irony. Because the people refused to grant liberty to their fellow Hebrews, God 'proclaims a liberty' for them. This is not a blessing, but a curse. It is freedom from His divine protection and care, leaving them completely vulnerable to the sword, pestilence, and famine. As one scholar puts it, they refused the obedience that was freedom, so they received a freedom that was bondage.
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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 34:17
19th Century
Bishop
Behold, I proclaim a liberty for you ... The phrase proclaim liberty, prominent in connection with the law that …
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 34:17
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore thus says the Lord. This being the case, and this their crime, which was provoking to the Lord; you…
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 …