Jeremiah 34
Jeremiah 34 | |
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Book | Book of Jeremiah |
Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
Order in the Hebrew part | 6 |
Category | Latter Prophets |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 24 |
Jeremiah 34 is the thirty-fourth
Text
The original text of this chapter, as with the rest of the Book of Jeremiah, was written in Hebrew language. Since the division of the Bible into chapters and verses in the late medieval period, this chapter is divided into 22 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[2]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[3]
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[4] Jeremiah 34 contains the "Thirteenth prophecy" in the section of Prophecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life (26-45). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.
- {P} 34:1-5 {S} 34:6-7 {P} 34:8-11 {P} 34:12-16 {S} 34:17-22 {P}
Verse numbering
The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and Vulgate (Latin), in some places differs from that in Septuagint (LXX, the Greek Bible used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and others) according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from Brenton's Septuagint, page 971.[5]
The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based on Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935), differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in Göttingen LXX. Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS).[5]
Hebrew, Vulgate, English | Rahlfs' LXX (CATSS) |
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34:1-22 | 41:1-22 |
27:2-6,8-12,14-16,18-20,22 | 34:1-18 |
A prophecy against Zedekiah (34:1–7)
Verse 3
And you shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be taken and delivered into his hand; your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, he shall speak with you face to face, and you shall go to Babylon.[6]
According to the narrative in the
Verse 7
When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for only these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.[9]
"Against Lachish, and against Azekah": The two cities,
Freedom for Hebrew slaves (34:8–22)
Verse 14
- "At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you." But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear.[22]
- "Has been sold to him": translated from the Hebrew phrase ימכר לך, yim-mā-ḵêr lə-ḵā,[23] which can also be rendered as "sold himself".[24]
The cited statement is the first part of the law written in Deuteronomy 15:12–18.[25]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 305–312.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
- ^ a b "Table of Order of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Septuagint". www.ccel.org.
- ^ Jeremiah 34:3 NKJV
- ^ 2 Kings 25:5–6 NKJV
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 343.
- ^ Jeremiah 34:7 NKJV
- ^ ISBN 978-0195288810
- ^ a b Huey 1993, p. 307.
- ^ Joshua 10:3; 10:5
- ^ Joshua 10:10–11; Joshua 15:35
- ^ Joshua 15:39
- ^ 2 Chronicles 11:9
- ^ 2 Chronicles 14:19; 2 Chronicles 25:27
- ^ 2 Chronicles 32:9; 2 Kings 18:17
- ^ Layard’s Nineveh and Babylon, 149-152; Monuments of Nineveh, 2nd Series, Plates xxi, 24
- ^ Thomas, D. W. Documents from Old Testament Times. New York: Harper & Row, 1958, pp. 212-217.
- ^ David, A., "A high-tech quest to unlock the secrets of ancient Israelite letters: How upstart mathematicians and archaeologists are revealing the secrets of letters penned more than 2,500 years ago – and finding clues about when the Bible was written", Haaretz, 22 April 2015
- ^ Clark, H., "Scholars Believe Writing on Pottery Shards Corroborates With Biblical Narrative in Jeremiah", Christian News Network, 26 April 2015
- ^ Jeremiah 34:14 NKJV
- ^ Jeremiah 34:14 Hebrew Text Analysis. Biblehub
- ^ Note on Jeremiah 34:14 in NKJV
- ^ Note on Jeremiah 34:14 in NET Bible
Bibliography
- Huey, F. B. (1993). The New American Commentary - Jeremiah, Lamentations: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, NIV Text. B&H Publishing Group. ISBN 9780805401165.
- ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.