It is better to obey. Short term harder, long term, easier. Jeremiah 34–35 contrasts broken promises with faithful obedience. In chapter 34, Judah briefly does what is right by freeing Hebrew slaves, then reverses course and enslaves them again, violating a covenant made before Jehovah. Because of that hypocrisy and disobedience, Jehovah confirms that Jerusalem will fall to Babylon. Chapter 35 presents the Rechabites as the opposite example: the…
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