Isaiæ 34:22

Nova Vulgata

Ecce ego praecipio, dicit Dominus, et reducam eos in civitatem hanc; et proeliabuntur adversus eam et capient eam et incendent igni; et civitates Iudae dabo in solitudinem, eo quod non sit habitator".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Ecce ego pr�cipio, dicit Dominus, et reducam eos in civitatem hanc, et pr�liabuntur adversus eam, et capient eam, et incendent igni : et civitates Juda dabo in solitudinem, eo quod non sit habitator.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Ecce ego pr�cipio, dicit Dominus, et reducam eos in civitatem hanc, et pr�liabuntur adversus eam, et capient eam, et incendent igni: et civitates Juda dabo in solitudinem, eo quod non sit habitator.

Bible Verse Review
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I will command: 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Isaiah 10:5-7, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 45:1-3, Amos 3:6, Matthew 22:7

cause: They did return, and reinvested the city; and, after an obstinate defence, took it, plundered it, and burnt it to the ground, taking Zedekiah, his princes, and people, captive. Jeremiah 37:8-10

shall fight: Jeremiah 21:4-10, Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:7, Jeremiah 52:13

and I will: Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 33:10, Jeremiah 44:2-6, Jeremiah 44:22, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 24:12, Isaiah 64:10, Lamentations 1:1, Ezekiel 33:27, Ezekiel 33:28, Micah 7:13, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 7:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:6 - they took 2 Kings 25:9 - the king's Isaiah 10:6 - will I give Jeremiah 1:15 - and against Jeremiah 2:15 - his cities Jeremiah 4:7 - to Jeremiah 21:10 - it shall Jeremiah 34:2 - Behold Jeremiah 36:29 - The king Jeremiah 37:17 - thou shalt Jeremiah 39:16 - Behold Jeremiah 46:19 - waste Jeremiah 50:21 - and do Lamentations 1:17 - commanded Ezekiel 6:6 - the cities Ezekiel 12:20 - General Habakkuk 1:9 - they shall gather Zephaniah 1:2 - I will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 arrows from their bows, casting stones from their engines, and by beating down the walls with their battering rams; with which making breaches, they entered in and took the city; and burnt the temple, palaces, and other houses, with fire; of all which see the accomplishment in Jeremiah 52:4;

and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant: many of them were already; the king of Babylon having taken, ravaged, and plundered them before he came to Jerusalem; and whither the inhabitants of them, that escaped the sword, fled for security; and others of them, that were not, now should be made desolate upon the taking of Jerusalem, as Lachish and Azekah,

Jeremiah 34:7; which should fall into the hands of the enemy, and the inhabitants thereof be forced to flee into other countries, or would be carried captive; so that they would be without any, or have but few to dwell in them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is usual with commentators to say that, the laws dealing with the emancipation of the Hebrew slaves, as also that of the land resting during the sabbatical year, were not observed. The narrative teaches us the exact contrary. The manumission of the slaves on the present occasion was the spontaneous act of Zedekiah and the people. They knew of the law, and acknowledged its obligation. The observance of it was, no doubt, lax: the majority let their own selfish interests prevail; but the minority made might give way to right, and Zedekiah supported their efforts though only in a weak way.

Early in January, in the ninth year of Zedekiah, the Chaldaean army approached Jerusalem. The people made a covenant with the king, who appears as the abettor of the measure, to let their slaves go free. Possibly patriotism had its share in this: and as Jerusalem was strongly fortified, all classes possibly hoped that if the slaves were manumitted, they too would labor with a more hearty good-will in resisting the enemy. In the summer of the same year the Egyptians advanced to the rescue, and Nebuchadnezzar withdrew to meet their attack. The Jews with a strange levity, which sets them before us in a most despicable light, at once forced the manumitted slaves back into bondage. With noble indignation Jeremiah rebukes them for their treachery, assures them that the Chaldaean army will return, and warns them of the certainty of the punishment which they so richly merited.

Jeremiah 34:8

As the Chaldaean army swept over the country the wealthier classes would all flee to Jerusalem, taking with them their households. And as the Mosaic Law was probably more carefully kept there than in the country, the presence in these families of slaves who had grown grey in service may have given offence to the stricter classes at the capital.

To proclaim liberty unto them - The words are those of the proclamation of the year of jubile to the people, whereupon it became their duty to set their slaves free.

Jeremiah 34:9

Should serve himself of them - Should make them serve him (see Jeremiah 25:14).

Jeremiah 34:11

They turned, and caused ... to return - But afterward they again made the slaves return.

Jeremiah 34:13

The house of bondmen - The miserable prison in which, after being worked in the fields all day in gangs, the slaves were shut up at night.

Jeremiah 34:16

At their pleasure - literally, for themselves.

Jeremiah 34:17

I will make you to be removed into - “I will cause you to be a terror unto.” Men would shudder at them.

Jeremiah 34:18

The words ... - The Jews spoke of “cutting” a covenant, because the contracting parties cut a calf in twain and passed between the pieces. Thus cutting a covenant and cutting a calf in twain, meant the same thing.

Jeremiah 34:21

Which are gone up from you - i. e., which have departed for the present, and have raised the siege.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 34:22. I will - cause them to return — They did return; re-invested the city; and, after an obstinate defence, took it, plundered it, and burned it to the ground, taking Zedekiah and his princes captive.