Jeremiah 34:13
in Jeremiah 34“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
KJV
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
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This verse in Jeremiah 34
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The last year of Zedekiah was the sabbatical year. How just the retribution, that they who, against God's law and their own covenant, enslaved their brethren, should be doomed to bondage themselves: and that the bond-servants should enjoy the sabbatical freedom at the hands of the foe (Jer 52:16) which their own countrymen denied them!
This site's exposition
This is what the LORD, the
on Jeremiah 34:13-16
The LORD recalls the release law given at the exodus and notes that “your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.” The sons had done right, making a covenant “in the house that bears My Name,” then “profaned My name” by taking their slaves back.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
This prophecy concerning Zedekiah was delivered to Jeremiah, and by him to the parties concerned, before he was shut up in the prison, for we find this prediction here made the ground of his commitment, as appears by the recital of some passages out of it, ch. xxxii.
This was the first of the judicial laws which God gave them ( Exod. xxi. 2 ), and there was good reason for this law. (1.) God had put honour upon that nation, and he would have them thus to preserve the honour of it themselves and to put a difference between it and other nations.
And this is called a covenant; for our performance of the duty required is the condition of the continuance of the favours God has bestowed. This law they and their fathers had broken. Their worldly profit swayed more with them than God's command or covenant.
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel,....
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אָנֹכִ֗י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| כָּרַ֤תִּֽי | karati | I made | H3772 → | 288 times |
| בְרִית֙ | verit | a covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֲב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּי֨וֹם | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הוֹצִאִ֤י | hotzii | brought out I | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אוֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| מִבֵּ֥ית | mibeit | from a house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עֲבָדִ֖ים | ʾavadim | slaves | H5650 → | 799 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֥רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אָנֹכִ֗יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
כָּרַ֤תִּֽיI made
karatiH3772 →288 times
בְרִית֙a covenant
veritH1285 →284 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
אֲב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
בְּי֨וֹםon [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
הוֹצִאִ֤יbrought out I
hotziiH3318 →1067 times
אוֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
מִבֵּ֥יתfrom a house of
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
עֲבָדִ֖יםslaves
ʾavadimH5650 →799 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 24:3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
it leads to
- Exodus 19:8
And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
- Exodus 24:7
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
- Joshua 24:22
Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
- Exodus 19:8
Through
Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was…
it leads to
- Exodus 24:6–8
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
- Exodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
- Exodus 24:6–8
Through
Judges 6:8He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
it leads to
- Psalms 136:10–16
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ezekiel 20:5–32
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to…
- Psalms 136:10–16
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This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.