Jeremiah 34:22

Jeremiah 34:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
• New International Version (NIV)I am going to give the order, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, take it and burn it down. And I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I will command, declares the Lord, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I will command,’ says the Lord, ‘and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’ ”

Context of Jeremiah 34:22

20I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them who seek their life, and their dead bodies will be for food to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth. 21King Zedekiah of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, who were withdrawing from you. Indeed, I will command,” declares Adonai, “and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a wasteland, with no one living.”

Jeremiah 34:22 word by word

הִנְנִ֨י מְצַוֶּ֜ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה וַהֲשִׁ֨בֹתִ֜ים אֶל־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ וְנִלְחֲמ֣וּ עָלֶ֔יהָ וּלְכָד֖וּהָ וּשְׂרָפֻ֣הָ בָאֵ֑שׁ וְאֶת־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה אֶתֵּ֥ן שְׁמָמָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יֹשֵֽׁב׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I will commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and cause them to returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and they shall fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against it, and takeלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• it, and burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• it with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• and I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• without an inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 34:22

• 2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, “Look, my son who came from my own body is seeking my life—how much more this Benjamite? Leave him alone and let him curse, since Adonai has told him.
• 2 Kings 24:3Surely at the command of Adonai this happened to Judah, to banish them from His presence, because of all the sins of Manasseh and all that he had committed,
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the House of their Temple. He had no pity on young man or virgin, elderly or infirm—He gave them all into his hand.
• Isaiah 10:5Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the club in their hand is My indignation!
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My consecrated ones, yes, I have called My mighty ones, My proud exulting ones, for My fury.
• Isaiah 37:26Have you not heard? I did it long ago! From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass— that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of rubble.
• Isaiah 45:1Thus says Adonai to His anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him, to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him so that gates may not be shut.
• Amos 3:6If a shofar alarm sounds in a city, will people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, has not Adonai caused it?
• Matthew 22:7Now the king became furious! Sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set fire to their city.
• Jeremiah 37:8The Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. Then they will capture it and burn it with fire.”
• Jeremiah 21:4thus says Adonai, the God of Israel: ‘I will soon turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you use to fight against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans, who are besieging you outside the walls—I will assemble them in the center of this city.
• Jeremiah 32:29Then the Chaldeans fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses—where they burned incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke Me.
• Jeremiah 38:23“Then they will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans, and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down with fire.”
• Jeremiah 39:1Now when Jerusalem was captured, in the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and all his army advanced against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
• Jeremiah 52:7Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled, going out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was near the king’s garden—even though the Chaldeans were all around the city. They were heading along the way of the Arabah.
• Jeremiah 9:11Who is the one wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of Adonai spoken that he may explain it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 34:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22I will - cause them to return - They did return; re-invested the city; and, after an obstinate defense, took it, plundered it, and burned it to the ground, taking Zedekiah and his princes captive.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the siege was raised, they forced the servants they had released into their services again. Those who think to cheat God by dissembled repentance and partial reformation, put the greatest cheat upon their own souls. This shows that liberty to sin, is really only liberty to have the sorest judgments. It is just…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Pharaoh Hophra had an agreement with Zedekiah to assist him if attacked (Isaiah 30:1–3; 31:1–3). The Babylonians left Jerusalem to fight against Pharaoh Hophra (Jeremiah 37:5–7), but they returned soon after.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. I will command--Nebuchadnezzar, impelled unconsciously by a divine instigation, returned on the withdrawal of the Egyptians.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 34:22

• Covenant
• Sabbatic Year
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings