Jeremiah 34:19 - Prayer Tents

Death in Captivity Predicted for Zedekiah

34The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth and all the peoples under his dominion were fighting against Jerusalem and all its cities:H1697H3414H3068H5019H4428H894H2428H4467H776H3027H4475H5971H3898H3389H5892H5592"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to King Zedekiah of Judah and say to him: Thus says the LORD: I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.H559H3068H430H3478H1980H559H6667H4428H3063H559H559H3068H5414H5892H3027H4428H894H8313H7843And you yourself shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be captured and handed over to him; you shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you shall go to Babylon.H4422H3027H8610H8610H5414H3027H5869H7200H5869H4428H894H1696H6310H6310H935H8944Yet hear the word of the LORD, O King Zedekiah of Judah! Thus says the LORD concerning you: You shall not die by the sword;H8085H1697H3068H6667H4428H3063H559H3068H4191H27195you shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your ancestors, the earlier kings who preceded you, so they shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, "Alas, lord!" For I have spoken the word, says the LORD.H4191H7965H4955H1H7223H4428H6440H8313H5594H1945H113H1696H1697H5002H30686Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,H3414H5030H1696H1697H6667H4428H3063H33897when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah; for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.H4428H894H2428H3898H3389H5892H3063H3498H3923H5825H4013H5892H7604H5892H3063

Treacherous Treatment of Slaves

8The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,H1697H3414H3068H310H4428H6667H3772H1285H5971H3389H7121H18659that all should set free their Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should hold another Judean in slavery.H376H5650H376H8198H5680H5680H7971H2670H5647H3064H25110And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that all would set free their slaves, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again; they obeyed and set them free.H8269H5971H935H1285H8085H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5647H8085H797111But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them again into subjection as slaves.H310H7725H5650H8198H7971H2670H7725H3533H3533H5650H819812The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD:H1697H3068H3414H3068H55913Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying,H559H3068H430H3478H3772H1285H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1004H5650H55914"Every seventh year each of you must set free any Hebrews who have been sold to you and have served you six years; you must set them free from your service." But your ancestors did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.H7093H7651H8141H7971H376H251H5680H4376H5647H8337H8141H7971H2670H1H8085H5186H24115You yourselves recently repented and did what was right in my sight by proclaiming liberty to 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 your male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them again into subjection to be your slaves.H7725H2490H8034H376H5650H376H8198H7971H2670H5315H7725H3533H5650H819817Therefore, thus says the LORD: You have not obeyed me by granting a release to your neighbors and friends; I am going to grant a release to you, says the LORD—a release to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.H559H3068H8085H7121H1865H376H251H376H7453H7121H1865H5002H3068H2719H1698H7458H5414H2189H2113H4467H77618And those who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant that they made before me, I will make like the calf when they cut it 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 calfH8269H3063H8269H3389H5631H3548H5971H776H5674H1335H569520shall be handed over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives. Their corpses shall become food for the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth.H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H5038H3978H5775H8064H929H77621And as for King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials, I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon, which has withdrawn from you.H6667H4428H3063H8269H5414H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H3027H4428H894H2428H592722I am going to command, says the LORD, and will bring them back to this city; and they will fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire. The towns of Judah I will make a desolation without inhabitant.H6680H5002H3068H7725H5892H3898H3920H8313H784H5414H5892H3063H8077H3427