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A Deadly Serious Promise
Commentators explain that passing between the parts of a sacrificed calf was a solemn ritual. By doing this, the people were enacting a self-curse, essentially saying, "May I be cut in two like this animal if I break this promise." This context reveals the extreme gravity of the covenant they made before God and then violated.
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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 34:19
19th Century
Bishop
The eunuchs. —See Note on Jeremiah 29:2. They were for the most part, if not always, of alien birth (), as in the case of Ebed-mel…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 34:18–19
16th Century
Theologian
He pursues the same subject: that perjury would not go unpunished. But here the manner of making an oath is described: they cut a calf into two…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 34:19
17th Century
Pastor
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem Here is a particular enumeration of the persons that had made the cove…
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 …