Jeremiah 34:5 - Exposition

With the burnings of thy fathers. It was customary to burn spices at royal funerals ( 2 Chronicles 16:14 ; 2 Chronicles 21:19 ). Saying, Ah lord! (see on Jeremiah 22:18 ).

The second of the group of prophecies in Jeremiah 34:1-22 ; Jeremiah 35:1-19 . is composed of Jeremiah 35:8 -22. It contains a denunciation of the Jews who, at the beginning of the siege, had emancipated their Hebrew slaves (according to Exodus 21:1-4 ; Deuteronomy 15:12 ), but after the withdrawal of the Chaldeans had resumed possession of them. Verse 21 is couched in a form which indicates the precise date of the prophecy, viz. before the Chaldeans returned to renew the siege of Jerusalem.