Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
By the law a Hebrew, after having been a bond-servant for six years, on the seventh was to be let go free (Exodus 21:22; Deuteronomy 15:12).
Zedekiah made a covenant—with solemn ceremonial in the temple (Jeremiah 34:15, Jeremiah 34:18-19).
them—bond-servants (Jeremiah 34:9).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 34:8:
Isaiah 61:1
Jeremiah 33:26
Jeremiah 34:18
Lamentations 1:3
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