JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 34:18 make them like the calf. Put the covenant breakers to death by the sword. passed between its parts. Covenant-ratification ceremonies (vv. Jeremiah 34:16) often included cutting a sacrifice in two and having the parties walk between the halves of the sacrifice (Genesis 15:7). Presumably the cutting of the sacrifice warned the parties of the consequences of breaking the covenant. Judah and its leaders have broken the covenant and must suffer the consequences of their actions.

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