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It is a theme that runs throughout Scripture, emphasizing freedom from sin, the law, and worldly constraints through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, liberty is often associated with the release from physical bondage and oppression. The Year of Jubilee, described in <a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a>, is a prime example: "Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan." This year was marked by the freeing of slaves and the return of property, symbolizing God's desire for His people to live in freedom and justice. The Exodus narrative is another significant illustration of liberty, where God delivers the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. This event is foundational in understanding God's power to liberate His people and His desire for them to live in freedom under His covenant. New Testament Context In the New Testament, liberty takes on a more profound spiritual dimension. Jesus Christ is central to this understanding, as He fulfills the Old Testament prophecies and brings true freedom. In <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a>, Jesus declares, "The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed." Here, liberty is not only physical but also spiritual, as Jesus offers freedom from sin and its consequences. The Apostle Paul further elaborates on this concept in his epistles. In <a href="/galatians/5.htm">Galatians 5:1</a>, he writes, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery." Paul emphasizes that believers are liberated from the law's demands and the bondage of sin through faith in Christ. This freedom, however, is not a license for sinful behavior but an opportunity to serve one another in love (<a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a>). Spiritual Liberty Spiritual liberty is a key aspect of Christian life, as believers are freed from the power of sin and death. <a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a> states, "For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death." This freedom is made possible through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, who empowers believers to live according to God's will. Moral and Ethical Implications Liberty in Christ also carries moral and ethical responsibilities. While Christians are free from the law's condemnation, they are called to live in a manner that reflects their new identity in Christ. In <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a>, believers are instructed, "Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God." This verse highlights the balance between enjoying the freedom Christ provides and living a life of obedience and service to God. Liberty and the Church The early church grappled with issues of liberty, particularly concerning the observance of Jewish laws and customs. The Jerusalem Council in <a href="/bsb/acts/15.htm">Acts 15</a> addressed these concerns, affirming that Gentile believers were not bound by the Mosaic Law, thus reinforcing the principle of liberty in Christ. Conclusion While liberty is a gift from God, it is also a call to responsibility. Christians are to use their freedom to glorify God, serve others, and live holy lives. The biblical concept of liberty is ultimately about being free to fulfill God's purposes and to experience the abundant life offered through Jesus Christ.<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><a href="/john/8-36.htm">John 8:36</a> If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. Topicalbible.org<a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a> For, brothers, you have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. Topicalbible.org<a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a> As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Topicalbible.org<a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm">2 Corinthians 3:17</a> Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Topicalbible.org<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.2. (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.3. (n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.4. (n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.5. (n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.6. (n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.7. (n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.8. (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.9. (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.10. (n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>LIBERTYlib'-er-ti (deror, rachabh; eleutheria): The opposite of servitude or bondage, hence, applicable to captives or slaves set free from oppression (thus deror, <a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a>, etc.). Morally, the power which enslaves is sin (<a href="/john/8-34.htm">John 8:34</a>), and liberty consists, not simply in external freedom, or in possession of the formal power of choice, but in deliverance from the darkening of the mind, the tyranny of sinful lusts and the enthrallment of the will, induced by a morally corrupt state. In a positive respect, it consists in the possession of holiness, with the will and ability to do what is right and good. Such liberty is possible only in a renewed condition of soul, and cannot exist apart from godliness. Even under the Old Testament godly men could boast of a measure of such liberty (<a href="/psalms/119-45.htm">Psalm 119:45</a>, rachabh, "room," "breadth"), but it is the gospel of Christ which bestows it in its fullness, in giving a full and clear knowledge of God, discovering the way of forgiveness, supplying the highest motives to holiness and giving the Holy Spirit to destroy the power of sin and to quicken to righteousness. In implanting a new life in the soul, the gospel lifts the believer out of the sphere of external law, and gives him a sense of freedom in his new filial relation to God. Hence, the New Testament expressions about "the glorious liberty" of God's children (<a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a> the King James Version; compare <a href="/galatians/2-4.htm">Galatians 2:4</a>; <a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a>, etc.), about liberty as resulting from the possession of the Spirit (<a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm">2 Corinthians 3:17</a>), about "the perfect law of liberty" (<a href="/james/1-25.htm">James 1:25</a>). The instrument through which this liberty is imparted is "the truth" (<a href="/john/8-32.htm">John 8:32</a>). Christians are earnestly warned not to presume upon, or abuse their liberty in Christ (<a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a>). James Orr<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1657.htm">1657. eleutheria -- liberty, freedom</a> ... liberty, freedom. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eleutheria Phonetic Spelling: (el-yoo-ther-ee'-ah) Short Definition: freedom, liberty ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1657.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1849.htm">1849. exousia -- power to act, authority</a> ... to act, authority NASB Word Usage authorities (7), authority (65), charge (1), control (1), domain (2), dominion (1), jurisdiction (1), liberty (1), power (11 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1849.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/649.htm">649. apostello -- to send, send away</a> ... away (1), set (1). send forth, set at liberty. From apo and stello; set apart, ie (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/649.htm - 10k<a href="/greek/1658.htm">1658. eleutheros -- free, ie not a slave or not under restraint</a> ... 3), free woman (4), freeman (1). free man, free woman, at liberty. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained (to go ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1658.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/859.htm">859. aphesis -- dismissal, release, fig. pardon</a> ... deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission. From aphiemi; freedom; (figuratively) pardon -- deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission. see GREEK aphiemi. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/859.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/425.htm">425. anesis -- a loosening, relaxation</a> ... easing, liberty, rest. From aniemi; relaxation or (figuratively) relief -- eased, liberty, rest. see GREEK aniemi. (anesin) -- 4 Occurrences. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/425.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3083.htm">3083. lutron -- a ransom</a> ... 3083 () is used in the NT of the ultimate "liberty-price" -- the which (ransoms) believers, freeing them from all slavery (bondage) to sin. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3083.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/630.htm">630. apoluo -- to set free, release</a> ... or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce -- (let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/630.htm - 10k<a href="/greek/2010.htm">2010. epitrepo -- to turn to, entrust, hence to permit</a> ... give leave, let, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over (transfer), ie Allow -- give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer. see GREEK epi. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2010.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1865.htm">1865. deror -- a flowing, free run, liberty</a> ... 1864, 1865. deror. 1866 . a flowing, free run, liberty. Transliteration: deror Phonetic Spelling: (der-ore') Short Definition: release. ... liberty, pure. ... /hebrew/1865.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7342.htm">7342. rachab -- wide, broad</a> ... Word Origin from rachab Definition wide, broad NASB Word Usage arrogant (2), broad (7), broader (1), extensive (1), large* (2), liberty (1), proud (1 ... /hebrew/7342.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2670.htm">2670. chophshi -- free</a> ... free, liberty. From chaphash; exempt (from bondage, tax or care) -- free, liberty. see HEBREW chaphash. 2669, 2670. chophshi. 2671 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/2670.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2668.htm">2668. chuphshah -- freedom</a> ... Word Origin from chaphash Definition freedom NASB Word Usage freedom (1). freedom. From chaphash; liberty (from slavery) -- freedom. see HEBREW chaphash. ... /hebrew/2668.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3468.htm">3468. yesha -- deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare</a> ... safety, salvation, saving. Or yeshai {yay'-shah}; from yasha'; liberty, deliverance, prosperity -- safety, salvation, saving. see HEBREW yasha'. 3467, 3468. ... /hebrew/3468.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4800.htm">4800. merchab -- a broad or roomy place</a> ... From rachab; enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty) -- breadth, large place (room). ... /hebrew/4800.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/greene/the_development_of_religious_liberty_in_connecticut/">The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut</a> The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut. <. The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut M. Louise Greene, Ph. D. ... /.../greene/the development of religious liberty in connecticut/<a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/the_limits_of_liberty_2.htm">The Limits of Liberty</a> ... V) THE LIMITS OF LIBERTY. ... Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? 30. ... /.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the limits of liberty 2.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/the_limits_of_liberty.htm">The Limits of Liberty</a> ... ROMANS THE LIMITS OF LIBERTY. ... It is a hard saying for some of us. Is my liberty to be restricted by the narrow scruples of 'strait-laced' Christians? Yes. ... /.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the limits of liberty.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/spiritual_liberty.htm">Spiritual Liberty</a> ... Spiritual Liberty. A Sermon (No.9). ... "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.""2 Corinthians 3:17. LIBERTY is the birthright of every man. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/spiritual liberty.htm<a href="/library/chidley/fifty-two_story_talks_to_boys_and_girls/the_liberty_of_obedience.htm">The Liberty of Obedience</a> ... THE LIBERTY OF OBEDIENCE. I know it would seem strange if I told you that every boy and girl has to be tied to something in order that he may be free. ... /.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/the liberty of obedience.htm<a href="/library/meyer/john_the_baptist/xiv_set_at_liberty.htm">Set at Liberty.</a> ... XIV. Set at Liberty. (Mark 6:27.) ... The Christian soldier is never off duty, never out of the enemy's reach, never at liberty to relax his watch. ... //christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xiv set at liberty.htm<a href="/library/luther/first_principles_of_the_reformation/concerning_christian_liberty.htm">Concerning Christian Liberty</a> ... CONCERNING CHRISTIAN LIBERTY CONCERNING CHRISTIAN LIBERTY. CHRISTIAN faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even ... /.../luther/first principles of the reformation/concerning christian liberty.htm<a href="/library/murray/holy_in_christ/twentieth_day_holiness_and_liberty.htm">Twentieth Day. Holiness and Liberty.</a> ... Twentieth Day. Holiness and Liberty. 'Being made free ... 19, 22. 'Our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus.'"Galatians 2:4. 'With ... /.../murray/holy in christ/twentieth day holiness and liberty.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/the_charter_of_gentile_liberty.htm">The Charter of Gentile Liberty</a> ... THE ACTS CHAP. XIII TO END THE CHARTER OF GENTILE LIBERTY. 'Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and ... /.../expositions of holy scripture the acts/the charter of gentile liberty.htm<a href="/library/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_46_at_liberty.htm">At Liberty</a> ... Lesson 46 At Liberty. While Paul's labors in Rome were being blessed to the conversion of many souls and the strengthening and encouragement ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 46 at liberty.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/l/liberty.htm">Liberty (32 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the ... /l/liberty.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/y/year.htm">Year (4027 Occurrences)</a> ... According to Leviticus 25:9 a loud trumpet should proclaim liberty throughout the country on the 10th day of the 7th month (the Day of Atonement), after the ... /y/year.htm - 26k<a href="/topical/j/jubilee.htm">Jubilee (25 Occurrences)</a> ... According to Leviticus 25:9 a loud trumpet should proclaim liberty throughout the country on the 10th day of the 7th month (the Day of Atonement), after the ... /j/jubilee.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/b/bondage.htm">Bondage (55 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (n.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity. ... /b/bondage.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/r/release.htm">Release (61 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. ... /r/release.htm - 26k<a href="/topical/g/glorious.htm">Glorious (91 Occurrences)</a> ... the Revised Version (British and American) has the noun "glory." So among others in Romans 8:21, the King James Version has "glorious liberty," the Revised ... /g/glorious.htm - 34k<a href="/topical/a/adoption.htm">Adoption (5 Occurrences)</a> ... Greek 3. Roman II. PAUL'S DOCTRINE 1. In Galatians as Liberty 2. In Romans as Deliverance from Debt III. THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE ... /a/adoption.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/b/broad.htm">Broad (113 Occurrences)</a> ... Relief from distress: "Yea, he would have allured thee out of (Hebrew "the mouth of") distress into a broad place" (Job 36:16); the liberty of obedience or ... /b/broad.htm - 40k<a href="/topical/f/freedom.htm">Freedom (45 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. ... /f/freedom.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/f/free.htm">Free (454 Occurrences)</a> ... control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. ... /f/free.htm - 38k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/food-sacrificed-idols.html">What does the Bible say about eating food/meat that has been sacrificed to idols? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/religious-freedom.html">Does God oppose religious freedom in the Old Testament? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/libertinism-libertine.html">What is libertinism? What is a libertine? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/liberty.htm">Liberty: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Liberty (32 Occurrences)<a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a> The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (KJV ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/acts/24-23.htm">Acts 24:23</a> And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. (KJV WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/acts/26-32.htm">Acts 26:32</a> Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. (KJV WEY ASV WBS)<a href="/acts/27-3.htm">Acts 27:3</a> And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. (KJV WBS)<a href="/acts/28-18.htm">Acts 28:18</a> They, after they had sharply questioned me, were willing to set me at liberty, because they found no offence in me for which I deserve to die. (WEY ASV RSV)<a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a> that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a> The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. (KJV WEY WBS)<a href="/1_corinthians/8-9.htm">1 Corinthians 8:9</a> But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/9-6.htm">1 Corinthians 9:6</a> Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands? (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-29.htm">1 Corinthians 10:29</a> Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience? (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm">2 Corinthians 3:17</a> Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/galatians/2-4.htm">Galatians 2:4</a> This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a> Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. (WEB KJV WBS)<a href="/galatians/5-13.htm">Galatians 5:13</a> For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/hebrews/2-15.htm">Hebrews 2:15</a> and might set at liberty all those who through fear of death had been subject to lifelong slavery. (WEY)<a href="/hebrews/13-23.htm">Hebrews 13:23</a> Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/james/1-25.htm">James 1:25</a> But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/james/2-12.htm">James 2:12</a> So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">1 Peter 2:16</a> As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">2 Peter 2:19</a> promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/revelation/9-14.htm">Revelation 9:14</a> It said to the sixth angel--the angel who had the trumpet, "Set at liberty the four angels who are prisoners near the great river Euphrates." (WEY)<a href="/revelation/9-15.htm">Revelation 9:15</a> And the four angels who had been kept in readiness for that hour, day, month, and year, were set at liberty, so that they might kill a third part of mankind. (WEY)<a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Revelation 13:5</a> And there was given him a mouth full of boastful and blasphemous words; and liberty of action was granted him for forty-two months. (WEY)<a href="/revelation/20-3.htm">Revelation 20:3</a> He closed the entrance and put a seal upon him in order that he might be unable to lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were at an end. Afterwards he is to be set at liberty for a short time. (WEY)<a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a> You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/119-45.htm">Psalms 119:45</a> I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a> The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/34-8.htm">Jeremiah 34:8</a> The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm">Jeremiah 34:15</a> You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16</a> But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/jeremiah/34-17.htm">Jeremiah 34:17</a> Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/46-17.htm">Ezekiel 46:17</a> But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--bondage_of_man.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: Bondage of Man</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--corruption.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: Corruption</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--jewish_ordinances.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: Jewish Ordinances</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--sin.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: Sin</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--the_curse_of_the_law.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: The Curse of the Law</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--the_fear_of_death.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: The Fear of Death</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty_is_freedom_from--the_law.htm">Christian Liberty is Freedom From: The Law</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--called_the_glorious_liberty_of_the_children_of_god.htm">Christian Liberty: Called the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--conferred_by_christ.htm">Christian Liberty: Conferred by Christ</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--conferred_by_god.htm">Christian Liberty: Conferred by God</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--conferred_by_the_holy_spirit.htm">Christian Liberty: Conferred by the Holy Spirit</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--conferred--through_the_gospel.htm">Christian Liberty: Conferred: Through the Gospel</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--confirmed_by_christ.htm">Christian Liberty: Confirmed by Christ</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--false_teachers--abuse.htm">Christian Liberty: False Teachers: Abuse</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--false_teachers--promise,_to_others.htm">Christian Liberty: False Teachers: Promise, to Others</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--false_teachers--try_to_destroy.htm">Christian Liberty: False Teachers: Try to Destroy</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--foretold.htm">Christian Liberty: Foretold</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--proclaimed_by_christ.htm">Christian Liberty: Proclaimed by Christ</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_are_called_to.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints are Called To</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_should_assert.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints should Assert</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_should_not_abuse.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints should not Abuse</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_should_not_offend_others_by.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints should not offend Others By</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_should_praise_god_for.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints should Praise God For</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_should_stand_fast_in.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints should Stand Fast In</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--saints_should_walk_in.htm">Christian Liberty: Saints should Walk In</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--the_gospel_is_the_law_of.htm">Christian Liberty: The Gospel is the Law of</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--the_service_of_christ_is.htm">Christian Liberty: The Service of Christ Is</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--the_wicked,_devoid_of.htm">Christian Liberty: The Wicked, Devoid of</a><a href="/topical/ttt/c/christian_liberty--typified.htm">Christian Liberty: Typified</a><a href="/topical/l/liberty.htm">Liberty</a><a href="/topical/naves/l/liberty--figurative.htm">Liberty: Figurative</a><a href="/topical/naves/l/liberty--political.htm">Liberty: Political</a><a href="/topical/naves/l/liberty--proclaimed_in_the_year_of_jubilee.htm">Liberty: Proclaimed in the Year of Jubilee</a><a 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