nkjv Jeremiah:34:9-17 SEEK
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that every man should set free his male and female slave--a Hebrew man or woman--that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage .
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Now when all the princes and all the people ,
who had entered into the covenant ,
heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves ,
that no one should keep them in bondage anymore ,
they obeyed and let them go .
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But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return ,
whom they had set free ,
and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves .
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Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel : "
I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
out of the house of bondage ,
saying ,
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At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother ,
who has been sold to him ;
and when he has served you six years ,
you shall let him go free from you ."
But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear .
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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 .
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Then you turned around and profaned My name ,
and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves ,
whom he had set at liberty ,
at their pleasure ,
and brought them back into subjection ,
to be your male and female slaves .'
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Therefore thus says the LORD : "
You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty ,
every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor .
Behold ,
I proclaim liberty to you ,'
says the LORD --"
to the sword ,
to pestilence ,
and to famine !
And I will deliver you to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth .