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:
Parallel translations
- WEB You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name;
- BSB Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
- NKJV Then you recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.
- NASB Although recently you had turned and done what is right in My sight, each one proclaiming release to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.
- NLT Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with me in the Temple that bears my name.
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Quick answer
Recently the people had done right by proclaiming liberty in God's house. Their initial obedience was genuinely good and covenanted before God.
Overview
God acknowledges that their proclamation of freedom was right in His eyes and ratified in the temple, His own house. This makes their later reversal all the more grievous. The verse shows that God notices and approves true obedience, while setting up the gravity of the betrayal that followed.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 34:8This 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;
- 2 Kgs 23:3And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
- Jer 7:10–11And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
- Neh 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
- 2 Kgs 12:2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
- Ps 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- 2 Kgs 10:30–31And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
- Ps 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Isa 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
- 1 Kgs 21:27–29And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- Jer 34:10–11Now 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.
- 2 Kgs 14:3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
- Matt 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
- Jer 32:34But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
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