Jeremiah 34

34The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, / of his…: Heb. the dominion of his handH1697H3414H3068H5019H4428H894H2428H4467H776H3027H4475H5971H3898H3389H5892H5592Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:H559H3068H430H3478H1980H559H6667H4428H3063H559H559H3068H5414H5892H3027H4428H894H8313H7843And 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. / he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouthH4422H3027H8610H8610H5414H3027H5869H7200H5869H4428H894H1696H6310H6310H935H8944Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:H8085H1697H3068H6667H4428H3063H559H3068H4191H27195But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.H4191H7965H4955H1H7223H4428H6440H8313H5594H1945H113H1696H1697H5002H30686Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,H3414H5030H1696H1697H6667H4428H3063H33897When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.H4428H894H2428H3898H3389H5892H3063H3498H3923H5825H4013H5892H7604H5892H30638This 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;H1697H3414H3068H310H4428H6667H3772H1285H5971H3389H7121H18659That 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.H376H5650H376H8198H5680H5680H7971H2670H5647H3064H25110Now 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.H8269H5971H935H1285H8085H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5647H8085H797111But 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.H310H7725H5650H8198H7971H2670H7725H3533H3533H5650H819812Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,H1697H3068H3414H3068H55913Thus 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,H559H3068H430H3478H3772H1285H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1004H5650H55914At 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. / hath been…: or, hath sold himselfH7093H7651H8141H7971H376H251H5680H4376H5647H8337H8141H7971H2670H1H8085H5186H24115And 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: / now: Heb. to day / which…: Heb. whereupon my name is calledH3117H7725H6213H3477H5869H7121H1865H376H7453H3772H1285H6440H1004H7121H803416But 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.H7725H2490H8034H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5315H7725H3533H5650H819817Therefore 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. / to be…: Heb. for a removingH559H3068H8085H7121H1865H376H251H376H7453H7121H1865H5002H3068H2719H1698H7458H5414H2189H2113H4467H77618And 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,H5414H582H5674H1285H6965H1697H1285H3772H6440H3772H5695H8147H5674H133519The 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;H8269H3063H8269H3389H5631H3548H5971H776H5674H1335H569520I 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.H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H5038H3978H5775H8064H929H77621And 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.H6667H4428H3063H8269H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H3027H4428H894H2428H592722Behold, 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.H6680H5002H3068H7725H5892H3898H3920H8313H784H5414H5892H3063H8077H3427