Jeremiah 34:22

Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
command	מְצַוֶּ֜ה me.tza.Veh	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
return	וַהֲשִׁ֨בֹתִ֜ים va.ha.Shi.vo.Tim	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
city	הָעִ֤יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fight	וְנִלְחֲמ֣וּ ve.nil.cha.Mu	H3898	to feed on · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
take	וּלְכָד֖וּהָ u.le.kha.Du.ha	H3920	to catch (in a net · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
burn	וּשְׂרָפֻ֣הָ u.se.ra.Fu.ha	H8313	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
fire	בָאֵ֑שׁ va.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
make	אֶתֵּ֥ן 'e.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
cities	עָרֵ֧י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֛ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
desolation	שְׁמָמָ֖ה she.ma.Mah	H8077	devastation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
inhabitant	יֹשֵֽׁב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 39:1-2 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and…
Jeremiah 39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 33:10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cit…
Jeremiah 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefor…
Jeremiah 52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two wal…
Jeremiah 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with…
2 Samuel 16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 34:8–end

We have here another prophecy upon a particular occasion, the history of which we must take notice of, as necessary to give light to the prophecy. I. When Jerusalem was closely besieged by the Chaldean army the princes and people agreed upon a reformation in one instance, and that was concerning their servants. 1. The law of God was very express, that those of their own nation should not be held in servitude above seven years, but, after they had served one apprenticeship, they should be discharged and have their liberty; yea, though they had sold themselves into servitude for the payment of their debts, or though they were sold by the judges for the punishment of their crimes. This differen…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 34:22

I will command--Nebuchadnezzar, impelled unconsciously by a divine instigation, returned on the withdrawal of the Egyptians. By the obedience of the Rechabites to their father, Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews to God their Father. The Holy Spirit has arranged Jeremiah's prophecies by the moral rather than the chronological connection. From the history of an event fifteen years before, the Jews, who had brought back their manumitted servants into bondage, are taught how much God loves and rewards obedience, and hates and punishes disobedience. Next: Jeremiah Chapter 35

John Gill on Jeremiah 34:22

Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city,.... The Lord of hosts, or armies, was "Generalissimo" of Nebuchadnezzar's army, had it at his command, and could direct if as he pleased, and order it to march and countermarch as he thought fit: it was under the direction of his providence that it departed from Jerusalem, to try the inhabitants of it; and now, by a secret instinct, he would so powerfully work upon it, and by the ordering of external causes so manage it, that it should return to Jerusalem again, and carry on the siege with redoubled rigour: and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; they fought against it by shooting arr…

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Dictionary and topics

Covenant · .Breach of, punished — .Breach of, punished
Sabbatic Year · Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning — Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning

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Jeremiah 34:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 34:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 34:22

John Gill on Jeremiah 34:22

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 34:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 34:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 34:22

John Gill on Jeremiah 34:22

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 34:22–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 34:12–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 34:21-22

Rashi on Jeremiah 34:22