Jeremiah 34 NKJV

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Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You shall die in peace; as in the ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn <i>incense</i> for you and lament for you, <i>saying,</i> “Alas, lord!” For I have pronounced the word, says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.’ ”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>when the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for <i>only</i> these fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.</span></p> <h3> Treacherous Treatment of Slaves</span></h3><p><span class="text Jer-34-8"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><i>This is</i> the word that came to Jeremiah from the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who <i>were</i> at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>that every man should set free his male and female slave—a Hebrew man or woman—that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves, that no one should keep them in bondage anymore, they obeyed and let <i>them</i> go. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> came to Jeremiah from the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel: ‘I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you.” But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then you turned around and profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Therefore thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>—‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it— </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf— </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army which has gone back from you. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Behold, I will command,’ says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, ‘and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’ ”</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-19805a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 34:3">Jeremiah 34:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>mouth to mouth</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-19816b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 34:14">Jeremiah 34:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>sold himself</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-19817c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 34:15">Jeremiah 34:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>today</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-19821d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Jeremiah 34:19">Jeremiah 34:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>officers</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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