Jeremiah 34:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

Ye

In proclaiming

Jeremiah 34:10

Ye had

Psalm 119:106

Which is called by my name

Jeremiah 7:10

General references

Jeremiah 11:2

Bible References

Ye

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and slept in sackcloth and went softly.

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in my eyes and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.

And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the time that Jehoiada, the priest, instructed him.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

That they seek me daily and want to know my ways, as people that do righteousness and have not forsaken the rights of their God: they ask me of the rights of righteousness and desire to approach God.

This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth and honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

In proclaiming

Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that each one should let his manslave and each one his maidslave go free, that no one should use them any more as servants, then they listened and let them go.

Ye had

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD after king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, that they would walk after the LORD and keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in that book. And all the people confirmed the covenant.

Strengthened with their brethren, their nobles, they came forward in an oath with a curse that they would walk in God's law, which was given by the hand of Moses, the slave of God, and observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

Vow and pay unto the LORD your God; let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness.

Which is called by my name

and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are free to do all these abominations?

General references

Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto every man of Judah and to every inhabitant of Jerusalem;