Jeremiah 34 in the early church
[Vulgate: Jeremias]
8 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 34, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 20
Jeremiah 34 as a whole
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34–Jer:38 | Commentary on Psalms 34 · text not on this site · Diodore of Tarsus | allusion, low confidence | 4th century (if Diodore, before ca. 390) |
Jeremiah 34:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34:1–14 (41:1-Jer LXX) | Commentary on Jeremiah 34:1–14 · Theodoret of Cyrus | allusion, high confidence | probably 430s (before ca. 446) |
Jeremiah 34:15
Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34:15 (41:15 LXX) | Commentary on Jeremiah 34:15 · Theodoret of Cyrus | quotation, high confidence | probably 430s (before ca. 446) |
Jeremiah 34:16
But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34:16 (41:16 LXX) | Commentary on Jeremiah 34:15 · Theodoret of Cyrus | allusion, high confidence | probably 430s (before ca. 446) |
Jeremiah 34:17
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34:17 (41:17 LXX) | Commentary on Jeremiah 34:15 · Theodoret of Cyrus | quotation, high confidence | probably 430s (before ca. 446) |
Jeremiah 34:18
And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34:18–19 (41:18-Jer LXX) | Commentary on Jeremiah 34:18 · Theodoret of Cyrus | quotation, high confidence | probably 430s (before ca. 446) |
| Jer 34:18–19 | Genesis Question 66 · Theodoret of Cyrus | echo, low confidence | ca. 453 |
Jeremiah 34:20
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 34:20–21 (41:20-Jer LXX) | Commentary on Jeremiah 34:18 · Theodoret of Cyrus | allusion, high confidence | probably 430s (before ca. 446) |