Jeremiah:34:8-22
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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh ,
after the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem ,
to proclaim liberty to them ;
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that every man should let his male slave ,
and every man his female slave ,
who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess ,
go free ;
that none should make slaves of them , [
to wit ],
of a Jew his brother .
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And all the princes and all the people obeyed ,
that had entered into the covenant ,
that every one should let his male slave ,
and every one his female slave ,
go free ,
that none should make slaves of them anymore ;
they obeyed ,
and let them go :
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but afterward they turned ,
and caused the male slaves and the female slaves ,
whom they had let go free ,
to return ,
and brought them into subjection for male slaves and for female slaves .
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Therefore the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh ,
saying ,
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This is what Yahweh ,
the God of Israel ,
says :
I made a covenant with your (
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fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt ,
out of the house of slaves ,
saying ,
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At the end of the seven year period you (
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will let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew ,
that has been sold to you ,
and has served you six years ,
you will let him go free from you :
but your {+}
fathers did not listen to me ,
neither inclined their ear .
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And you (
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had now turned ,
and had done that which is right in my eyes ,
in proclaiming liberty every man to his fellow man ;
and you {+}
had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name :
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but you (
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turned and profaned my name ,
and caused every man his male slave ,
and every man his female slave ,
whom you {+}
had let go free at their pleasure ,
to return ;
and you {+}
brought them into subjection ,
to be to you {+}
for male slaves and for female slaves .
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Therefore thus says Yahweh :
you (
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haven '
t listened to me ,
to proclaim liberty ,
every man to his brother ,
and every man to his fellow man :
look ,
I proclaim to you {+}
a liberty ,
says Yahweh ,
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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And I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant ,
who haven '
t performed the words of the covenant which they made before me ,
when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts ;
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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 ,
who 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 those who seek their life ;
and their dead bodies will be for food to the birds of the heavens ,
and to the beasts of the earth .
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And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies ,
and into the hand of those who seek their life ,
and into the hand of the king of Babylon '
s army ,
that have gone away from you (
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Look ,
I will command ,
says Yahweh ,
and cause them to return to this city ;
and they will fight against it ,
and take it ,
and burn it with fire :
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation ,
without inhabitant .
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