Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 34:17
not . . . proclaiming liberty—Though the Jews had ostensibly emancipated their bond-servants, they virtually did not do so by revoking the liberty which they had granted. God looks not to outward appearances, but to the sincere intention.
I proclaim a liberty—retribution answering to the offense (Matthew 7:2; Matthew 18:32-33; Galatians 6:7; James 2:13). The Jews who would not give liberty to their brethren shall themselves receive "a liberty" calamitous to them. God will manumit them from His happy and safe service (Psalms 121:3), which is real "liberty" (Psalms 119:45; John 8:36; II Corinthians 3:17), only to pass under the terrible bondage of other taskmasters, the "sword," etc.
to be removed—The Hebrew expresses agitation (see on Jeremiah 15:4). Compare Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:48, Deuteronomy 28:64-65, as to the restless agitation of the Jews in their ceaseless removals from place to place in their dispersion.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 34:17:
Jeremiah 33:26
Lamentations 1:3
Zechariah 11:9
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