Jeremiah 34:14 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Jeremiah 34:12–16

Read Jeremiah 34:14 with 34:12–16. By itself, “At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Jeremiah recalls the seventh-year release command and says the temporary reform honored the divine name before its reversal profaned it.

Why It Needs Context

Keep the line with Jeremiah 34:12–16. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been…” at Jeremiah 34:14 as a specific part of “The Exodus Release Law Judges Re-Enslavement.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Torah discussion must not normalize ancient slavery or imply that brief compliance cancels later coercion.