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Jeremiah 34
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A Message for Zedekiah

34The LORD spoke to me when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his army, supported by troops from all the nations and races that were subject to him, were attacking Jerusalem and its nearby towns.H1697H3414H3068H5019H4428H894H2428H4467H776H3027H4475H5971H3898H3389H5892H559 2The LORD, the God of Israel, told me to go and say to King Zedekiah of Judah, "I, the LORD, will hand this city over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it down.H559H3068H430H3478H1980H559H6667H4428H3063H559H559H3068H5414H5892H3027H4428H894H8313H784 3You will not escape; you will be captured and handed over to him. You will see him face-to-face and talk to him in person; then you will go to Babylonia.H4422H3027H8610H8610H5414H3027H5869H7200H5869H4428H894H1696H6310H6310H935H894 4Zedekiah, listen to what I say about you. You will not be killed in battle.H8085H1697H3068H6667H4428H3063H559H3068H4191H2719 5You will die in peace, and as people burned incense when they buried your ancestors, who were kings before you, in the same way they will burn incense for you. They will mourn over you and say, 'Our king is dead!' I, the LORD, have spoken."H4191H7965H4955H1H7223H4428H6440H8313H5594H1945H113H1696H1697H5002H3068 6Then I gave this message to King Zedekiah in JerusalemH3414H5030H1696H1697H6667H4428H3063H3389 7while the army of the king of Babylonia was attacking the city. The army was also attacking Lachish and Azekah, the only other fortified cities left in Judah.H4428H894H2428H3898H3389H5892H3063H3498H3923H5825H4013H5892H7604H5892H3063

Deceitful Treatment of Slaves

8King Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem had made an agreement to set freeH1697H3414H3068H310H4428H6667H3772H1285H5971H3389H7121H1865 9their Hebrew slaves, both male and female, so that no one would have an Israelite as a slave.H376H5650H376H8198H5680H5680H7971H2670H5647H3064H251 10All the people and their leaders agreed to free their slaves and never to enslave them again. They did set them free,H8269H5971H935H1285H8085H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5647H8085H7971 11but later they changed their minds, took them back, and forced them to become slaves again.H310H7725H5650H8198H7971H2670H7725H3533H3533H5650H8198 12Then the LORD,H1697H3068H3414H3068H559 13the God of Israel, told me to say to the people: "I made a covenant with your ancestors when I rescued them from Egypt and set them free from slavery. I told them thatH559H3068H430H3478H3772H1285H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1004H5650H559 14every seven years they were to set free any Hebrew slave who had served them for six years. But your ancestors would not pay any attention to me or listen to what I said.H7093H7651H8141H7971H376H251H5680H4376H5647H8337H8141H7971H2670H1H8085H5186H241 15Just a few days ago you changed your minds and did what pleased me. All of you agreed to set all Israelites free, and you made a covenant in my presence, in the Temple where I am worshiped.H3117H7725H6213H3477H5869H7121H1865H376H7453H3772H1285H6440H1004H7121H8034 16But then you changed your minds again and dishonored me. All of you took back the slaves whom you had set free as they desired, and you forced them into slavery again.H7725H2490H8034H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5315H7725H3533H5650H8198 17So now, I, the LORD, say that you have disobeyed me; you have not given all Israelites their freedom. Very well, then, I will give you freedom: the freedom to die by war, disease, and starvation. I will make every nation in the world horrified at what I do to you.H559H3068H8085H7121H1865H376H251H376H7453H7121H1865H5002H3068H2719H1698H7458H5414H2189H2113H4467H776 18The officials of Judah and of Jerusalem, together with the palace officials, the priests, and all the leaders, made a covenant with me by walking between the two halves of a bull that they had cut in two.H5414H582H5674H1285H6965H1697H1285H3772H6440H3772H5695H8147H5674H1335 19But they broke the covenant and did not keep its terms. So I will do to these people what they did to the bull.H8269H3063H8269H3389H5631H3548H5971H776H5674H1335H5695 20I will hand them over to their enemies, who want to kill them, and their corpses will be eaten by birds and wild animals.H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H5038H3978H5775H8064H929H776 21I will also hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to those who want to kill them. I will hand them over to the Babylonian army, which has stopped its attack against you.H6667H4428H3063H8269H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H3027H4428H894H2428H5927 22I will give the order, and they will return to this city. They will attack it, capture it, and burn it down. I will make the towns of Judah like a desert where no one lives. I, the LORD, have spoken."H6680H5002H3068H7725H5892H3898H3920H8313H784H5414H5892H3063H8077H3427


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