- What is the military situation as described in Jeremiah 34?
- What is the prophet to tell the King (Jeremiah 34:2-5)?
- Does Jeremiah communicate the message?
- With Jeremiah 34:8, another subject is introduced: the “proclamation of dror” (vide: the shmitah and jubilee years). What is Tzidkiyahu’s action?
- Why is the “proclamation” a farce (Jeremiah 34:11)?
- And, as a direct consequence, what will become of the slave holders? What will be their “dror”?
- What is meant by the “calf cut in two” (Jeremiah 34:18)? What was the import of the act?
- Does Jeremiah 34 end on a note of optimism?
- Essentially, is the transgression which is described idolatry in some mode?
