Jeremiah:34

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* The word which was to from Jehovah when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army , and all the kingdoms of the earth (because his hand rules ), and all the peoples fought against Jerusalem , and against all its cities , saying , * So says Jehovah , the God of Israel : Go and speak to Zedekiah , king of Judah , and tell him , So says Jehovah , Behold , I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon , and he will burn it with fire . * And you shall not escape out of his hand , but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand . And your eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon , and he shall speak , his mouth with your mouth ; and you shall go to Babylon . * Yet hear the word of Jehovah , O Zedekiah , king of Judah : So says Jehovah concerning you , You shall not die by the sword . * You shall die in peace . And as the burnings of spices for your fathers , the former kings who were before you , so they shall burn spices for you , saying , Ah , lord ! They will wail for you . For I have spoken the word , says Jehovah . * And the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah , king of Judah , in Jerusalem , * when the king of Babylon 's army fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained ; against Lachish , and against Azekah ; for these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah . * The word that was to from Jehovah after king Zedekiah had cut a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem , to proclaim liberty to them , * that each man should release his male slave , and each man his female slave , if a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman , to go free , that not any should enslave a Jew , a man , his brother among them . * And all the rulers obeyed , and all the people who had entered into the covenant allowed them to go free , each man his male slave , and each man his female slave ; so that not any should enslave among them any more ; and they obeyed and let them go . * But afterward they turned and caused to return the male slaves and the female slaves whom they sent away . And they subjected them for male slaves and for female slaves . * For this reason the word of Jehovah came to from Jehovah , saying , * So says Jehovah , the God of Israel : I cut a covenant with your fathers in the day I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of slavery , saying , * At the end of seven years each man should let go his brother who is a Hebrew , who has been sold to him . When he has served you six years , you shall let him go free from you . But your fathers did not listen to Me nor bow down their ear . * And you had turned today , and you did right in My eyes , to call for liberty , each man to his neighbor . And you cut a covenant before Me in the house on which is called My name . * But you turned and profaned My name , and each man caused his male slave , and each man his female slave , to return whom you had sent away according to their desire . And you subjected them to be slaves and female slaves to you . * So Jehovah says this : You have not listened to Me , to call for liberty , each man to his brother , and each man to his neighbor . Behold , I call for freedom to you , says Jehovah : to the sword , to the plague , and to the famine . And I will cause you to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth . * And I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant , who have not stood on the words of the covenant which they have cut with Me when they cut the calf in two , and passed between its parts , * the rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem , the eunuchs and the priests , and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf ; * I will even give them into the hand of their enemies , and into the hand of those seeking their life . And their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the heavens , and to the beasts of the earth . * And I will give Zedekiah , king of Judah , and his rulers , into the hand of their enemies , and into the hand of those seeking their life , even into the hand of the king of Babylon 's army that has withdrawn from you . * Behold , I will command and cause them to return to this city , says Jehovah . And they shall fight against it , and take it , and burn it with fire . And I will make the cities of Judah a ruin , without a soul to live in it .

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