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Jeremiah 34:14

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At the: Jeremiah 34:8-9; Exodus 21:1-4, Exodus 23:10-11; Deuteronomy 15:12; 1 Kings 9:22; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Isaiah 58:6; Amos 2:6, Amos 8:6

been sold: or, sold himself, 1 Kings 21:25; Isaiah 50:1; Romans 7:14-17, Romans 7:24

but: It appears from this and several other passages, that the sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles (Jeremiah 36:21) assigns this as a reason for the captivity, "that the land might enjoy her sabbaths." Now, if we reckon the seventy years' captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490 years. Jeremiah 7:25-26, Jeremiah 11:8-10, Jeremiah 32:30; 1 Samuel 8:7-8; 2 Kings 17:13-14; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:30; Ezekiel 20:4, Ezekiel 20:8; Zechariah 7:11-12

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