SEV Biblia, Chapter 34:16
Pero os tornasteis y contaminasteis mi nombre, y tornasteis a tomar cada uno su siervo y cada uno su sierva, que habíais dejado libres a su voluntad; y los sujetasteis para que os sean siervos y siervas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 34:16
Verse 16. Ye-polluted my name] Had made the covenant in my name, calling me to witness it; now ye have dishonoured my name, by breaking that covenant, and acting contrary to my law.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Zedekiah's death at Babylon foretold. (Jer. 34:1-7) The Jews reprove for compelling their poor brethren to return to unlawful bondage. (Jer 34:8-22) Jer. 34:1-7 Zedekiah is told that the city shall be taken, and that he shall die a captive, but he shall die a natural death. It is better to live and die penitent in a prison, than to live and die impenitent in palace.
Jer. 34:8-22 A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the siege was raised, they forced the servants they ha released into their services again. Those who think to cheat God be dissembled repentance and partial reformation, put the greatest chea upon their own souls. This shows that liberty to sin, is really onl liberty to have the sorest judgments. It is just with God to disappoin expectations of mercy, when we disappoint the expectations of duty. An when reformation springs only from terror, it is seldom lasting. Solem vows thus entered into, profane the ordinances of God; and the mos forward to bind themselves by appeals to God, are commonly most read to break them. Let us look to our hearts, that our repentance may be real, and take care that the law of God regulates our conduct __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ותשׁבו 7725 ותחללו 2490 את 853 שׁמי 8034 ותשׁבו 7725 אישׁ 376 את 853 עבדו 5650 ואישׁ 376 את 853 שׁפחתו 8198 אשׁר 834 שׁלחתם 7971 חפשׁים 2670 לנפשׁם 5315 ותכבשׁו 3533 אתם 853 להיות 1961 לכם לעבדים 5650 ולשׁפחות׃ 8198
