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The Ultimate Penalty
Commentators agree that the punishment described—being killed by merciless enemies and left unburied—is presented as the most extreme penalty for transgression. This fate, mentioned elsewhere in Jeremiah, signifies a total and horrifying judgment for breaking their solemn covenant with God.
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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 34:20
19th Century
Bishop
Their dead bodies shall be for meat ... —As in Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7, this ta…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 34:20
16th Century
Theologian
He confirms and explains what he had previously said, and expresses how the punishment would be executed: that he would deliver them i…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 34:20
17th Century
Pastor
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies
The Chaldeans, who were the enemies of the Jews, that were come…
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 …