Jeremiah 34
34This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord while Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his authority, along with all the people were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns:H1697H3414H3068H5019H4428H894H2428H4467H776H3027H4475H5971H3898H3389H5892H5592This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah. Say to him, "This is what the Lord says: 'Look, I'm giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will set it on fire.H559H3068H430H3478H1980H559H6667H4428H3063H559H559H3068H5414H5892H3027H4428H894H8313H7843You won't escape from him. You will certainly be captured and given into his control. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, he will speak to you face to face, and you will go to Babylon.'"'H4422H3027H8610H8610H5414H3027H5869H7200H5869H4428H894H1696H6310H6310H935H8944Yet, hear the word of the Lord, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Lord says to you, 'You won't die by the sword.H8085H1697H3068H6667H4428H3063H559H3068H4191H27195You will die peacefully, and as they burned fires for your ancestors, the former kings who were before you, so they'll burn fires for you, wailing, "Oh how terrible, your majesty!"' For I've spoken the word," declares the Lord.4H4191H7965H4955H1H7223H4428H6440H8313H5594H1945H113H1696H1697H5002H30686Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all of this in Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah,H3414H5030H1696H1697H6667H4428H3063H33897while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, namely Lachish and Azekah. (They were the only fortified cities that remained among the cities of Judah.)H4428H894H2428H3898H3389H5892H3063H3498H3923H5825H4013H5892H7604H5892H30638This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem proclaiming release for them.H1697H3414H3068H310H4428H6667H3772H1285H5971H3389H7121H18659Each person was to set free his male and female slaves who were Hebrews, so that no Jewish person would enslave his brother.H376H5650H376H8198H5680H5680H7971H2670H5647H3064H25110All the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant agreed that each would set his male and female slaves free so that they would not enslave them any longer. They obeyed and they released them.H8269H5971H935H1285H8085H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5647H8085H797111But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves.H310H7725H5650H8198H7971H2670H7725H3533H3533H5650H819812Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord:H1697H3068H3414H3068H55913"This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I made a covenant with your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. I told them:H559H3068H430H3478H3772H1285H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1004H5650H55914"At the end of seven years, each of you is to set free your fellow Hebrew who has sold himself to you and has served you for six years. You are to send him out from you with no further obligation." But your ancestors didn't obey me or pay attention.H7093H7651H8141H7971H376H251H5680H4376H5647H8337H8141H7971H2670H1H8085H5186H24115You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming release for one another, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name.H3117H7725H6213H3477H5869H7121H1865H376H7453H3772H1285H6440H1004H7121H803416But then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves whom you had set free according to their desire, and you forced them to become male and female slaves."'H7725H2490H8034H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5315H7725H3533H5650H819817"Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'You haven't obeyed me by each of you proclaiming a release for your brothers and neighbors. Now I'm going to proclaim a release for you,' declares the Lord, 'a release to the sword, to plague, and to famine, and I'll make you a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth.H559H3068H8085H7121H1865H376H251H376H7453H7121H1865H5002H3068H2719H1698H7458H5414H2189H2113H4467H77618I'll give over the men who transgressed my covenant, who haven't fulfilled the terms of the covenant that they made before me when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts -H5414H582H5674H1285H6965H1697H1285H3772H6440H3772H5695H8147H5674H133519the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf.H8269H3063H8269H3389H5631H3548H5971H776H5674H1335H569520I'll give them to their enemies who are seeking to kill them, and their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the land.H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H5038H3978H5775H8064H929H77621I'll give Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his officials into the domination of their enemies, to those who are seeking to kill them, and to the army of the king of Babylon that is coming against them.H6667H4428H3063H8269H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H3027H4428H894H2428H592722Look, I'm in command of them, declares the Lord, and I'll bring them back to this city. They'll capture it and burn it with fire, and I'll turn the towns of Judah into desolate places without inhabitants.'"H6680H5002H3068H7725H5892H3898H3920H8313H784H5414H5892H3063H8077H3427
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