Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 34:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 34:1 - 34:1

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 34:1 - 34:1

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34:1 - 34:1
34:3 - 34:3
34:4 - 34:4
34:5 - 34:5
34:7 - 34:7
34:8 - 34:8
34:9 - 34:9
34:11 - 34:11
34:13 - 34:13
34:14 - 34:14
34:15 - 34:15
34:16 - 34:16
34:17 - 34:17
34:18 - 34:18
34:20 - 34:20
34:21 - 34:21
34:22 - 34:22

Jer 34:1-22. Captivity of Zedekiah and the people foretold for their disobedience and perfidy.

The prophecy (Jer 34:1-7) as to Zedekiah is an amplification of that in Jer 32:1-5, in consequence of which Jeremiah was then shut up in the court of the prison. The prophecy (Jer 34:8-22) refers to the Jews, who, afraid of the capture of the city, had, in obedience to the law, granted freedom to their servants at the end of seven years, but on the intermission of the siege forced them back into bondage.

Jerusalem and ... all the cities thereof - (see on Jer 19:15). It was amazing blindness in the king, that, in such a desperate position, he should reject admonition.