Jeremiah:34
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Jeremiah:34:1 @
The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah ,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ,
and all his army ,
and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion ,
and all the peoples ,
were fighting against Jerusalem ,
and against all the cities thereof ,
saying :
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Jeremiah:34:2 @
Thus saith Jehovah ,
the God of Israel ,
Go ,
and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah ,
and tell him ,
Thus saith Jehovah ,
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall burn it with fire :
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Jeremiah:34:3 @
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 .
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Jeremiah:34:4 @
Yet hear the word of Jehovah ,
O Zedekiah king of Judah :
thus saith Jehovah concerning thee ,
Thou shalt not die by the sword ;
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Jeremiah:34:5 @
thou shalt die in peace ;
and with the burnings of thy fathers ,
the former kings that were before thee ,
so shall they make a burning for thee ;
and they shall lament thee ,
saying ,
Ah Lord !
for I have spoken the word ,
saith Jehovah .
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Jeremiah:34:6 @
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem ,
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Jeremiah:34:7 @
when the king of Babylon '
s army was fighting against Jerusalem ,
and against all the cities of Judah that were left ,
against Lachish and against Azekah ;
for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities .
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Jeremiah:34:8 @
The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah ,
after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem ,
to proclaim liberty unto them ;
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Jeremiah:34:9 @
that every man should let his man-servant ,
and every man his maid-servant ,
that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess ,
go free ;
that none should make bondmen of them ,
to wit ,
of a Jew his brother .
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Jeremiah:34:10 @
And all the princes and all the people obeyed ,
that had entered into the covenant ,
that every one should let his man-servant ,
and every one his maid-servant ,
go free ,
that none should make bondmen of them any more ;
they obeyed ,
and let them go :
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Jeremiah:34:11 @
but afterwards 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 .
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Jeremiah:34:12 @
Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah ,
saying ,
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Jeremiah:34:13 @
Thus saith Jehovah ,
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 bondage ,
saying ,
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Jeremiah:34:14 @
At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew ,
that hath been sold unto thee ,
and hath served thee six years ,
thou shalt let him go free from thee :
but your fathers hearkened not unto me ,
neither inclined their ear .
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Jeremiah:34:15 @
And ye were now turned ,
and had done that which is right in mine eyes ,
in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor ;
and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name :
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Jeremiah:34:16 @
but ye turned and profaned my name ,
and caused every man his servant ,
and every man his handmaid ,
whom ye had let go free at their pleasure ,
to return ;
and ye brought them into subjection ,
to be unto you for servants and for handmaids .
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Jeremiah:34:17 @
Therefore thus saith Jehovah :
ye have not hearkened unto me ,
to proclaim liberty ,
every man to his brother ,
and every man to his neighbor :
behold ,
I proclaim unto you a liberty ,
saith Jehovah ,
to the sword ,
to the pestilence ,
and to the famine ;
and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth .
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Jeremiah:34:18 @
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant ,
that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me ,
when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof ;
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Jeremiah:34:19 @
the princes of Judah ,
and the princes of Jerusalem ,
the eunuchs ,
and the priests ,
and all the people of the land ,
that passed between the parts of the calf ;
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Jeremiah:34:20 @
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 food unto the birds of the heavens ,
and to the beasts of the earth .
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Jeremiah:34:21 @
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 ,
that are gone away from you .
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Jeremiah:34:22 @
Behold ,
I will command ,
saith Jehovah ,
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 inhabitant .