Jeremiah 34:20

“I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, etc.] The Chaldeans, who were the enemies of the Jews, that were come from a far country to invade, dispossess, ravage, and plunder them; and what can be a greater punishment than to be given up into an enemy’s hand, to be in his power, and at his mercy? and into the hand of them that seek their life; not their wealth and substance only, but their lives also; nothing less will content them: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth; not only such should be the cruelty of their enemies that sought their lives, that they should slay them with the sword, and give them no quarter; but…”

“I will even give--resuming the sentence begun, but not completed (Jer 34:18), "I will give," &c. seek their life--implacably: satisfied with nothing short of their blood; not content with booty. dead bodies--The breakers of the covenant shall be cut in pieces, as the calf between whose parts they passed.”

“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…”

“and into: Jer 4:30, Jer 11:21, Jer 21:7, Jer 22:25, Jer 38:16, Jer 44:30, Jer 49:37 and their: Jer 7:33, Jer 16:4, Jer 19:7; Sa1 17:44, Sa1 17:46; Kg1 14:11, Kg1 16:4, Kg1 21:23, Kg1 21:24; Kg2 9:34-37; Eze 29:5, Eze 32:4, Eze 39:17-20; Rev 19:17-21 Jeremiah 34:21”