Jeremiah:34:8-22
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This 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 ;
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That every man should let his manservant ,
and every man his maidservant ,
being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess ,
go free ;
that none should serve himself of them ,
to wit ,
of a Jew his brother .
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Now 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 .
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But afterward 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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Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD ,
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 bondmen ,
saying ,
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At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew ,
which hath been sold unto thee ;
and when he 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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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 :
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But ye turned and polluted my name ,
and caused every man his servant ,
and every man his handmaid ,
whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure ,
to return ,
and brought them into subjection ,
to be unto you for servants and for handmaids .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD ;
Ye have not hearkened unto me ,
in proclaiming liberty ,
every one to his brother ,
and every man to his neighbour :
behold ,
I proclaim a liberty for you ,
saith the LORD ,
to the sword ,
to the pestilence ,
and to the famine ;
and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth .
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And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant ,
which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me ,
when they cut the calf in twain ,
and passed between the parts thereof ,
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The princes of Judah ,
and the princes of Jerusalem ,
the eunuchs ,
and the priests ,
and all the people of the land ,
which passed between the parts of the calf ;
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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 meat unto the fowls of the heaven ,
and to the beasts of the earth .
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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 ,
which are gone up from you .
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Behold ,
I will command ,
saith the LORD ,
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 an inhabitant .