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Captivity of Zedekiah Foretold; The Babylonish Captivity Predicted. . 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD , when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD ; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD , O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD . 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. This prophecy concerning Zedekiah was delivered to Jeremiah, and by him to the parties concerned, before he was shut up in the prison, for we find this prediction here made the ground of his commitment, as appears by the recital of some passages out of it, Jeremiah 32:4 ; Jeremiah 32:4 . Observe, I. The time when this message was sent to Zedekiah; it was when the king of Babylon, with all his forces, some out of all the kingdoms of the earth that were within his jurisdiction, fought against Jerusalem and the cities thereof ( Jeremiah 34:1 ; Jeremiah 34:1 ), designing to destroy them, having often plundered them. The cities that now remained, and yet held out, are named ( Jeremiah 34:7 ; Jeremiah 34:7 ), Lachish and Azekah. This intimates that things were now brought to the last extremity, and yet Zedekiah obstinately stood it out, his heart being hardened to his destruction. II. The message itself that was sent to him. 1. Here is a threatening of wrath. He is told that again which he had been often told before, that the city shall be taken by the Chaldeans and burnt with fire ( Jeremiah 34:2 ; Jeremiah 34:2 ), that he shall himself fall into the enemy's hands, shall be made a prisoner, shall be brought before that furious prince Nebuchadnezzar, and be carried away captive into Babylon ( Jeremiah 34:3 ; Jeremiah 34:3 ); yet Ezekiel prophesied that he should not see Babylon; nor did he, for his eyes were put out, Ezekiel 12:13 . This Zedekiah brought upon himself from God by his other sins and from Nebuchadnezzar by breaking his faith with him. 2. Here is a mixture of mercy. He shall die a captive, but he shall not die by the sword he shall die a natural death ( Jeremiah 34:4 ; Jeremiah 34:4 ); he shall end his days with some comfort, shall die in peace, Jeremiah 34:5 ; Jeremiah 34:5 . He never had been one of the worst of the kings, but we are willing to hope that what evil he had done in the sight of the Lord he repented of in his captivity, as Manasseh had done, and it was forgiven to him; and, God being reconciled to him, he might truly be said to die in peace, Note, A man may die in a prison and yet die in peace. Nay, he shall end his days with some reputation, more than one would expect, all things considered. He shall be buried with the burnings of his fathers, that is, with the respect usually shown to their kings, especially those that had done good in Israel. It seems, in his captivity he had conducted himself so well towards his own people that they were willing to do him this honour, and towards Nebuchadnezzar that he suffered it to be done. If Zedekiah had continued in his prosperity, perhaps he would have grown worse and would have departed at last without being desired; but his afflictions wrought such a change in him that his death was looked upon as a great loss. It is better to live and die penitent in a prison than to live and die impenitent in a palace. They will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! an honour which his brother Jehoiakim had not, Jeremiah 22:18 ; Jeremiah 22:18 . The Jews say that they lamented thus over him, Alas! Zedekiah is dead, who drank the dregs of all the ages that went before him, that is, who suffered for the sins of his ancestors, the measure of iniquity being filled up in his days. They shall thus lament him, saith the Lord, for I have pronounced the word; and what God hath spoken shall without fail be made good. III. Jeremiah's faithfulness in delivering this message. Though he knew it would be ungrateful to the king, and might prove, as indeed it did, dangerous to himself (for he was imprisoned for it), yet he spoke all these words to Zedekiah, Jeremiah 34:6 ; Jeremiah 34:6 . It is a mercy to great men to have those about them that will deal faithfully with them, and tell them the evil consequences of their evil courses, that they may reform and live. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-8-22" class="com-number"
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**시드기야에게 임한 예언 — 포로와 평안한 죽음**
이 예언은 예레미야가 감옥에 갇히기 전에 시드기야에게 전달된 것으로, 예레미야 32장 4절에 그 일부가 인용되어 있다.
**I. 이 메시지가 전달된 시점.** 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살이 자기 관할 아래 있는 땅의 모든 나라와 군대를 이끌고 예루살렘과 그 성읍들을 공격하던 때였다(1절). 당시 아직 버티고 있던 성읍들로는 라기스와 아세가가 남아 있었다(7절). 이는 상황이 극한에 이르렀음을 보여 준다. 그럼에도 시드기야는 완고하게 버텼는데, 그의 마음은 스스로 멸망을 향해 굳어져 있었다.
**II. 메시지의 내용.** 여기에는 진노의 경고와 자비의 약속이 함께 담겨 있다.
1. **진노의 경고.** 이전에 이미 여러 차례 들었던 말이지만, 예루살렘은 갈대아인들의 손에 함락되어 불에 탈 것이다(2절). 시드기야 왕 자신도 사로잡혀 포로가 되어 바벨론으로 끌려갈 것이며, 느부갓네살 앞에 서게 될 것이다(3절). 한편 에스겔은 그가 바벨론을 보지 못할 것이라고 예언했는데, 실제로 눈이 뽑혔기 때문에 그 땅을 보지 못했다(에스겔 12장 13절). 이는 시드기야가 자신의 여러 죄악으로 하나님께, 또 언약을 어긴 일로 느부갓네살에게 자초한 결과였다.
2. **자비의 약속.** 그는 포로 신세로 죽겠지만, 칼에 맞아 죽지는 않을 것이다(4절). 평안히 죽을 것이며(5절), 그것이 참된 평안이다. 비록 감옥에서 죽더라도 평안히 죽을 수 있다. 오히려 그는 어느 정도 명예를 회복하며 생을 마감할 것이다. 그의 조상 왕들에게 했던 것처럼, 사람들이 그를 위해 향을 피우고 "아, 주여!"라고 애도할 것이다. 포로 생활 속에서도 그가 자기 백성을 향해 선하게 처신했기 때문에, 그들은 그의 죽음을 큰 상실로 여긴 것이다. 번영 속에서 타락하다가 아무도 애도하지 않는 왕으로 죽는 것보다, 감옥에서 회개하며 인자하게 살다가 눈물로 배웅받는 것이 훨씬 낫다. 형제 여호야김에게는 이러한 애도가 없었으나(예레미야 22장 18절), 시드기야에게는 있었다. 하나님이 이 말씀을 선포하셨으니, 반드시 이루어질 것이다.
**III. 예레미야의 충실한 전달.** 왕의 노여움을 살 것이 뻔하고, 실제로 그 일로 투옥될 것을 알면서도, 예레미야는 이 모든 말씀을 시드기야에게 전했다(6절). 권세 있는 자들이 자신의 악한 행실이 가져올 결과를 솔직하게 전해 들을 수 있다는 것은 큰 복이다. 그래야 돌이켜 살 수 있기 때문이다.
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J E R E M I A H. CHAP. XXXIV. In this chapter we have two messages which God sent by Jeremiah. I. One to foretel the fate of Zedekiah king of Judah, that he should fall into the hands of the king of Babylon, that he should live a captive, but should at last die in peace in his captivity, Jeremiah 34:1-7 . II. Another to read the doom both of prince and people for their treacherous dealings with God, in bringing back into bondage their servants whom they had released according to the law, and so playing fast and loose with God. They had walked at all adventures with God ( Jeremiah 34:8-11 ), and therefore God would walk at all adventures with them, in bringing the Chaldean army upon them again when they began to hope that they had got clear of them, Jeremiah 34:12-22 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-7" class="com-number"
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예레미야 34장에는 하나님이 예레미야를 통해 보내신 두 가지 메시지가 담겨 있다. 첫째는 유다 왕 시드기야의 운명을 예고하는 메시지다. 바벨론 왕의 손에 사로잡히겠지만, 포로로 살다가 결국 평안히 죽을 것이라는 내용이다(1-7절). 둘째는 왕과 백성 모두를 향한 심판 선언이다. 그들은 법에 따라 해방시켜 주었던 종들을 다시 데려다 노예로 삼는 배신을 저질렀다. 그들은 하나님께 신실하지 못하게 행동했고(8-11절), 그러자 하나님도 그들에게 그대로 갚으셨다. 막 물러갔다고 안심하던 차에 갈대아 군대를 다시 불러들이신 것이다(12-22절).
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Transient Reformation; The Servants Re-enslaved. . 8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD , after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 9 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. 12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD , saying, 13 Thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 14 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD ; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD , to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. 22 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. We have here another prophecy upon a particular occasion, the history of which we must take notice of, as necessary to give light to the prophecy. I. When Jerusalem was closely besieged by the Chaldean army the princes and people agreed upon a reformation in one instance, and that was concerning their servants. 1. The law of God was very express, that those of their own nation should not be held in servitude above seven years, but, after they had served one apprenticeship, they should be discharged and have their liberty; yea, though they had sold themselves into servitude for the payment of their debts, or though they were sold by the judges for the punishment of their crimes. This difference was put between their brethren and strangers, that those of other nations taken in war, or bought with money, might be held in perpetual slavery, they and theirs; but their brethren must serve but for seven years at the longest. This God calls the covenant that he had made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, Jeremiah 34:13 ; Jeremiah 34:14 . This was the first of the judicial laws which God gave them ( Exodus 21:2 ), and there was good reason for this law. (1.) God had put honour upon that nation, and he would have them thus to preserve the honour of it themselves and to put a difference between it and other nations. (2.) God had brought them out of slavery in Egypt, and he would have them thus to express their grateful sense of that favour, by letting those go to whom their houses were houses of bondage, as Egypt had been to their forefathers. That deliverance is therefore mentioned here ( Jeremiah 34:13 ; Jeremiah 34:13 ) as the ground of that law. Note, God's compassions towards us should engage our compassions towards our brethren; we must release as we are released, forgive as we are forgiven, and relieve as we are relieved. And this is called a covenant; for our performance of the duty required is the condition of the continuance of the favours God has bestowed. 2. This law they and their fathers had broken. Their worldly profit swayed more with them than God's command or covenant. When their servants had lived seven years with them they understood their business, and how to apply themselves to it, better than they did when they first came to them, and therefore they would then by no means part with them, though God himself by his law had made them free: Your fathers hearkened not to me in this matter ( Jeremiah 34:14 ; Jeremiah 34:14 ), so that from the days of their fathers they had been in this trespass; and they thought they might do it because their fathers did it, and their servants had by disuse lost the benefit of the provision God made for them; whereas against an express law, especially against an express law of God, no custom, usage, nor prescription, is to be admitted in plea. For this sin of theirs, and their fathers, God now brought them into servitude, and justly. 3. When they were besieged, and closely shut in, by the army of the Chaldeans, they, being told of their fault in this matter, immediately reformed, and let go all their servants that were entitled to their freedom by the law of God, as Pharaoh, who, when the plague was upon him, consented to let the people go, and bound themselves in a covenant to do so. (1.) The prophets faithfully admonished them concerning their sin. From them they heard that they should let their Hebrew servants go free, Jeremiah 34:10 ; Jeremiah 34:10 . They might have read it themselves in the book of the law, but did not, or did not heed it, therefore the prophets told them what the law was. See what need there is of the preaching of the word; people must hear the word preached because they will not make the use they ought to make of the word written. (2.) All orders and degrees of men concurred in this reformation. The king, and the princes, and all the people, agreed to let go their servants, whatever loss or damage they might sustain by so doing. When the king and princes led in this good work the people could not for shame but follow. The example and influence of great men would go very far towards extirpating the most inveterate corruptions. (3.) They bound themselves by a solemn oath and covenant that they would do this, whereby they engaged themselves to God and one another. Note, What God has bound us to by his precept, it is good for us to bind ourselves to by our promise. This covenant was very solemn: it was made in a sacred place, made before me, in the house which is called by my name ( Jeremiah 34:15 ; Jeremiah 34:15 ), in the special presence of God, the tokens of which, in the temple, ought to strike an awe upon them and make them very sincere in their appeals to him. It was ratified by a significant sign; they cut a calf in two, and passed between the parts thereof ( Jeremiah 34:18 ; Jeremiah 34:19 ) with this dreadful imprecation, "Let us be in like manner cut asunder if we do not perform what we now promise." This calf was probably offered up in sacrifice to God, who was thereby made a party to the covenant. When God covenanted with Abraham, for the ratification of it, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between the pieces of the sacrifice, in allusion to this federal rite, Genesis 15:17 . Note, In order that we may effectually oblige ourselves to our duty, it is good to alarm ourselves with the apprehensions of the terror of the wrath and curse to which we expose ourselves if we live in the contempt of it, that wrath which will cut sinners asunder ( Matthew 24:51 ), and sensible signs may be of use to make the impressions of it deep and durable, as here. (4.) They conformed themselves herein to the command of God and their covenant with him; they did let their servants go, though at this time, when the city was besieged, they could very ill spare them. Thus they did right in God's sight, Jeremiah 34:15 ; Jeremiah 34:15 . Though it was their trouble that drove them to it, yet he was well pleased with it; and if they had persevered in this act of mercy to the poor, to their poor servants, it might have been a lengthening of their tranquillity, Daniel 4:27 . II. When there was some hope that the siege was raised and the danger over they repented of their repentance, undid the good they had done, and forced the servants they had released into their respective services again. 1. The king of Babylon's army had now gone up from them, Jeremiah 34:21 ; Jeremiah 34:21 . Pharaoh was bringing an army of Egyptians to oppose the progress of the king of Babylon's victories, upon the tidings of which the Chaldeans raised the siege for a time, as we find, Jeremiah 37:5 ; Jeremiah 37:5 . They departed from Jerusalem. See how ready God was to put a stop to his judgments, upon the first instance of reformation, so slow is he to anger and so swift to show mercy. As soon as ever they let their servants go free God let them go free. 2. When they began to think themselves safe from the besiegers they made their servants come back into subjection to them, Jeremiah 34:11 ; Jeremiah 34:11 , and again Jeremiah 34:16 ; Jeremiah 34:16 . This was a great abuse to their servants, to whom servitude would be more irksome, after they had had some taste of the pleasures of liberty. It was a great shame to themselves that they could not keep in a good mind when they were in it. But it was especially an affront to God; in doing this they polluted his name, Jeremiah 34:16 ; Jeremiah 34:16 . It was a contempt of the command he had given them, as if that were of no force at all, but they might either keep it or break it as they thought fit. It was a contempt of the covenant they had made with him, and of that wrath which they had imprecated upon themselves in case they should break that covenant. It was jesting with God almighty, as if he could be imposed upon by fallacious promises, which, when they had gained their point, they would look upon themselves no longer obliged by. it was lying to God with their mouths and flattering him with their tongues. It was likewise a contempt of the judgments of God and setting them at defiance; as if, when once the course of them was stopped a little and interrupted, they would never proceed again and the judgment would never be revived; whereas reprieves are so far from being pardons that if they be abused thus, and sinners take encouragement from them to return to sin, they are but preparatives for heavier strokes of divine vengeance. III. For this treacherous dealing with God they are here severely threatened. Be not deceived; God is not mocked. Those that think to put a cheat upon God by a dissembled repentance, a fallacious covenant, and a partial temporary reformation, will prove in the end to have put the greatest cheat upon their own souls; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. it is here threatened, with an observable air of displeasure against them, 1. That, since they had not given liberty to their servants to go where they pleased, God would give all his judgments liberty to take their course against them without control ( Jeremiah 34:17 ; Jeremiah 34:17 ): You have not proclaimed liberty to your servants. Though they had done it ( Jeremiah 34:10 ; Jeremiah 34:10 ), yet they might truly be said not to have done it, because they did not stand to it, but undid it again; and factum non dicitur quod non perseverat--that is not said to be done which does not last. The righteousness that is forsaken and turned away from shall be forgotten, and not mentioned any more than if it had never been, Ezekiel 18:24 . " Therefore I will proclaim a liberty for you; I will discharge you from my service, and put you out of my protection, which those forfeit that withdraw from their allegiance. You shall have liberty to choose which of these judgments you will be cut off by, sword, famine, or pestilence; " such a liberty as was offered to David, which put him into a great strait, 2 Samuel 24:14 . Note, Those that will not be in subjection to the law of God put themselves into subjection to the wrath and curse of God. But this shows what liberty to sin really--it is but a liberty to the sorest judgments. 2. That, since they had brought their servants back into confinement in their houses, God would make them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth, where they should live in servitude, and, being strangers, could not expect the privileges of free-born subjects. 3. That, since they had broken the covenant which they ratified by a solemn imprecation, God would bring on them the evil which they imprecated upon themselves in case they should break it. Out of their own mouth will he judge them, and so shall their doom be; the penalty of their bond shall be recovered, because they have not performed the condition; for so some read Jeremiah 34:18 ; Jeremiah 34:18 , " I will make the men which have transgressed my covenant as the calf which they cut in twain; I will divide them asunder as they divided it asunder." 4. That, since they would not let go their servants out of the hands, God would deliver them into the hands of those that hated them, even the princes and nobles both of Judah and Jerusalem (of the country and of the city), the eunuchs (chamberlains, or great officers of the court), the priests, and all the people, Jeremiah 34:19 ; Jeremiah 34:19 . They had all dealt treacherously with God, and therefore shall all be involved in the common ruin without exception. They shall all be given unto the hand of their enemies, that seek, not their wealth only, or their service, but their life, and they shall have what they seek; but neither shall that content them: when they have their lives they shall leave their dead bodies unburied, a loathsome spectacle to all mankind and an easy prey to the fowls and beasts, a lasting mark of ignominy being hereby fastened on them, Jeremiah 34:20 ; Jeremiah 34:20 . 5. That, since they had emboldened themselves in returning to their sin, contrary to their covenant, by the retreat of the Chaldean army from them, God would therefore bring it upon them again: "They have now gone up from you, and your fright is over for the present, but I will command them to face about as they were; they shall return to this city, and take it and burn it, " Jeremiah 34:22 ; Jeremiah 34:22 . Note, (1.) As confidence in God is a hopeful presage of approaching deliverance, so security in sin is a sad omen of approaching destruction. (2.) When judgments are removed from a people before they have done their work, leave them, but leave them unhumbled and unreformed, it is cum animo revertendi -- with a design to return; they do but retreat to come on again with so much the greater force; for when God judges he will overcome. (3.) It is just with God to disappoint those expectations of mercy which his providence had given cause for when we disappoint those expectations of duty which our professions, pretensions, and fair promises, had given cause for. If we repent of the good we had purposed, God will repent of the good he had purposed. With the froward thou will show thyself froward. return to ' Top of Page ' Jeremiah Jer 33 Jeremiah Jer Jeremiah Jer 35 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Jeremiah 34". 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**일시적인 개혁과 종들의 재예속 — 배신에 따른 심판**
이 예언은 특정한 역사적 사건을 배경으로 하므로, 그 배경을 파악해야 본문의 의미를 제대로 이해할 수 있다.
**I. 예루살렘이 갈대아 군대에 의해 완전히 포위되었을 때, 고관들과 백성은 한 가지 일에서 개혁을 단행했다. 그것은 종에 관한 문제였다.**
1. **하나님의 율법 조항.** 하나님의 율법에는 이스라엘 자손 중 한 사람을 종으로 부릴 경우, 7년 이상 종으로 삼지 못하게 되어 있었다. 빚을 갚으려고 팔렸든, 범죄에 대한 벌로 팔렸든 상관없이, 한 번 봉사를 마치면 자유를 주어야 했다. 타민족 사람이나 전쟁 포로나 돈으로 산 종은 영구적으로 부릴 수 있었지만, 동포는 최대 7년이었다. 이것이 이스라엘을 이집트에서 이끌어 낼 때 하나님이 그들과 맺은 언약으로, 최초로 주어진 사법 법령이었다(출애굽기 21장 2절). 이 율법에는 두 가지 좋은 이유가 있었다. 첫째, 하나님은 이스라엘 민족을 높이 세우셨으며, 그들이 스스로 그 명예를 지키고 다른 민족과 구별되기를 원하셨다. 둘째, 하나님은 그들을 이집트의 종살이에서 구해 내셨으므로, 자신들의 집이 이집트처럼 속박의 집이 되지 않도록 종들을 풀어 줌으로써 그 은혜에 감사를 표현하게 하셨다. 그래서 이집트에서의 해방이 이 율법의 근거로 명시된 것이다(13절). 하나님이 우리에게 베푸신 긍휼은 우리도 형제에게 긍휼을 베풀도록 이끌어야 한다. 받은 것처럼 놓아 주고, 용서받은 것처럼 용서하고, 구제받은 것처럼 구제해야 한다. 이것이 언약이라고 불리는 이유는, 우리가 요구된 의무를 이행하는 것이 하나님의 호의가 계속되는 조건이기 때문이다.
2. **율법을 어긴 역사.** 그들과 그 조상들은 이 율법을 어겼다. 세속적 이익이 하나님의 명령보다 더 강하게 그들을 지배했다. 종들이 7년을 살다 보면 일을 더 잘 알게 되는데, 그때 떠나보내기가 아까웠던 것이다. 그래서 하나님이 율법으로 해방을 명령했음에도 그들을 붙잡아 두었다(14절). 조상들이 그렇게 했다는 이유로 자신들도 그렇게 해도 된다고 생각했지만, 하나님의 명시적인 율법에는 어떤 관습이나 관례도 면죄부가 될 수 없다. 이 죄로 인해 하나님은 그들을 종살이로 데려가셨으니, 마땅한 응보였다.
3. **포위 상황 속 개혁.** 갈대아 군대에 완전히 포위되어 사면초가에 빠진 상태에서, 선지자들로부터 이 잘못을 지적받자 그들은 즉시 개혁에 나섰다. 마치 재앙이 들이닥쳤을 때 이스라엘을 보내겠다고 동의했던 파라오처럼, 율법에 따라 자유를 받을 자격이 있는 종들을 모두 풀어 주었다. 그리고 그렇게 하기로 언약을 맺었다.
- 선지자들은 율법을 충실히 가르쳤다. 백성이 직접 율법을 읽었더라면 알았겠지만 그렇지 않았기에, 선지자들이 일러 주었다(10절). 말씀 선포의 필요성이 바로 여기에 있다. 기록된 말씀을 마땅히 읽어야 하지만 읽지 않는 사람들을 위해 말씀을 선포해야 한다.
- 왕과 고관들부터 평민까지 모든 계층이 개혁에 동참했다. 왕과 고관들이 이 선한 일을 앞장섰을 때 백성도 따르지 않을 수 없었다. 위대한 인물들의 모범과 영향력은 가장 뿌리 깊은 폐습도 뿌리 뽑는 데 크게 기여할 것이다.
- 그들은 엄숙한 맹세와 언약으로 스스로를 묶었다(15절). 하나님의 규례가 우리를 묶는 것을, 우리 자신의 약속으로 재확인하는 것은 좋은 일이다. 이 언약은 하나님의 이름으로 불리는 성전 앞에서 이루어진, 매우 엄숙한 것이었다. 또 송아지를 둘로 나누고 그 사이를 지남으로써 확인되었는데(18-19절), 이는 "우리가 이 약속을 어기면 이 송아지처럼 나뉘어지기를"이라는 무서운 저주를 담고 있었다. 하나님이 아브라함과 언약을 맺으실 때, 쪼갠 제물 사이로 연기 나는 화로와 타오르는 횃불이 지나간 것도 이 예식과 관련이 있다(창세기 15장 17절). 우리가 의무를 소홀히 여길 때 자초하게 되는 진노와 저주의 두려움으로 자신을 각성시키는 것은 유익하다. 그 진노는 죄인들을 둘로 쪼갤 것이다(마태복음 24장 51절).
- 그들은 실제로 종들을 해방시켰다. 도성이 포위된 긴박한 시기였음에도 불구하고 그들을 떠나보냈다. 이는 하나님 보시기에 옳은 일이었다(15절). 비록 환난이 그들을 그리로 몰았지만, 하나님은 그 행위 자체를 기뻐하셨다. 만약 그들이 이 자비로운 행동을 지속했다면, 다니엘 4장 27절처럼 그들의 평안이 연장될 수도 있었다.
**II. 포위가 풀릴 것 같은 희망이 보이자, 그들은 회개를 번복하고 해방시켰던 종들을 다시 데려와 강제로 종살이를 시켰다.**
1. **배경.** 바벨론 왕의 군대가 예루살렘을 떠났다(21절). 파라오가 이집트 군대를 이끌고 바벨론 왕의 진격을 막으러 오자, 그 소식을 듣고 갈대아인들이 잠시 포위를 풀고 물러갔다(예레미야 37장 5절). 하나님은 첫 번째 개혁의 조짐만 보여도 얼마나 빨리 심판을 거두실 준비가 되어 있는지를 보여 주셨다. 그들이 종을 해방시키자마자 하나님도 그들을 해방시켜 주셨다.
2. **재예속.** 포위군으로부터 안전하다고 느끼자마자, 그들은 종들을 다시 불러들여 다시 종으로 삼았다(11절, 16절). 이는 종들에 대한 큰 학대였다. 자유의 맛을 조금이나마 보았기에 다시 종살이는 더욱 견디기 힘들었을 것이다. 그들 자신에게도 수치스러운 일이었다. 좋은 마음을 품었을 때 그것을 지키지 못했으니 말이다. 그러나 무엇보다 이것은 하나님께 대한 심각한 모욕이었다. 그들은 하나님의 이름을 더럽혔다(16절). 하나님의 명령을 무시한 것이고, 스스로 맺은 언약을 저버린 것이며, 그 언약에서 자신들에게 내린 저주를 조롱한 것이다. 하나님을 속일 수 있는 것처럼, 자신들이 유리할 때만 지키는 거짓 약속으로 그분을 우롱한 것이다. 또한 하나님의 심판을 무시한 것이기도 했다. 마치 잠시 멈춘 심판이 다시 오지 않을 것처럼 행동했다. 하지만 유예는 사면이 아니다. 오히려 그것을 남용하면 더 큰 심판의 예비 단계가 될 뿐이다.
**III. 이 배신에 대해 하나님은 엄중히 경고하신다.** 하나님을 조롱하는 자는 없다. 위장된 회개, 거짓 언약, 일시적이고 부분적인 개혁으로 하나님을 속이려 드는 자는 결국 자신의 영혼을 가장 크게 속이는 것이다.
1. **그들이 종들에게 자유를 주지 않았으므로**, 하나님은 그들을 향한 모든 심판이 거침없이 이어지도록 하실 것이다(17절). "너희는 자유를 선포하지 않았다"고 하신다. 비록 그들이 한때 했지만(10절), 다시 거두어들였기 때문에 사실상 하지 않은 것과 같다. 지속되지 않는 것은 행한 것이라 할 수 없다. 돌이킨 의를 버리면 그것은 기억되지 않는다(에스겔 18장 24절). "그러므로 내가 너희에게 자유를 선포하겠다"고 하신다. 칼, 전염병, 기근 중 어느 것에 의해 쓰러질지 '선택의 자유'를 주겠다는 것인데, 이는 다윗이 큰 고통을 겪었던 그런 자유다(사무엘하 24장 14절). 하나님의 율법에 순종하지 않는 자는 하나님의 진노와 저주에 복종하게 된다. 죄에 대한 자유라는 것은 결국 가장 혹독한 심판으로 이어지는 길일 뿐이다.
2. **그들이 종들을 다시 집에 가두었으므로**, 하나님은 그들을 온 세상 모든 나라로 흩으실 것이다. 그곳에서 그들은 종살이하게 될 것이고, 이방인으로서 자유민의 특권을 누리지 못하게 될 것이다.
3. **그들이 언약을 어기고 자신들이 내린 저주를 무시했으므로**, 하나님은 그 저주가 그들에게 임하게 하실 것이다. 자신들이 맺은 언약이 그들을 정죄하게 될 것이다. 예레미야 34장 18절을 이렇게 읽는 해석도 있다. "나는 내 언약을 어긴 자들을, 그들이 둘로 쪼갠 송아지처럼 만들겠다. 그들이 쪼갠 것처럼, 내가 그들을 쪼개겠다."
4. **유다와 예루살렘의 고관들, 궁중 신하들, 제사장들, 모든 백성**이 심판을 받을 것이다(19절). 그들 모두 하나님을 배신했으므로, 예외 없이 모두 멸망에 휩쓸릴 것이다. 그들은 적의 손에 넘겨질 것인데, 그 적들은 재산이나 종 삼을 자를 원하는 것이 아니라 그들의 목숨을 원한다. 더 나아가 시신을 묻지 못한 채 공중의 새와 들짐승에게 내주어 영구히 치욕의 표적이 될 것이다(20절).
5. **갈대아 군대가 물러간 것이 그들에게 용기를 주었으므로**, 하나님은 그 군대를 다시 불러들이실 것이다(22절). "지금은 그들이 물러갔으나, 내가 그들을 다시 돌아오게 하겠다. 그들이 이 성을 공격하여 점령하고 불태울 것이다." 기억해야 할 것들이 있다. 첫째, 하나님을 신뢰하는 것이 구원의 전조인 것처럼, 죄 가운데 안주하는 것은 멸망의 불길한 징조다. 둘째, 심판이 다 이루어지기 전에 사람들에게서 거두어질 때, 겸손해지거나 개혁되지 않은 채 남겨진다면, 그 심판은 더 큰 힘으로 돌아오기 위해 물러난 것이다. 하나님이 판단하시면 반드시 이기신다. 셋째, 하나님이 섭리로 자비의 기대를 갖게 해 주셨는데 우리가 의무에 대한 기대를 저버린다면, 하나님도 우리에 대한 자비의 계획을 거두시는 것이 공의롭다. 우리가 선하게 행하겠다는 것을 번복하면, 하나님도 우리에게 선을 베풀겠다는 것을 번복하신다. 패역한 자에게는 패역하게 보이실 것이다.
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