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After they have served you six years, you must let them go free.&#8217 Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay attention to me. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/34.htm">New Living Translation</a> I told them that every Hebrew slave must be freed after serving six years. But your ancestors paid no attention to me. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> ‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.’ But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/34.htm">King James Bible</a> At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/34.htm">New King James Version</a> “At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who 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. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has been sold to you and has served you for six years, and you shall send him out free from you.” But your forefathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear to Me. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall send him out free from you; but your forefathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall send him out free from you; but your forefathers did not obey Me, or incline their ear to Me. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “At the end of seven years each of you shall let his Hebrew brother go who has been sold to you and has served you six years, and you shall let him go to be free from you; but your fathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself [into servitude] or who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall release him from [serving] you; but your forefathers did not listen [submissively] to Me or obey Me. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> ‘At the end of seven years, each of you must let his fellow Hebrew who sold himself to you go. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free from your service.’ But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> At the end of seven years, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must send him out free from you. But your ancestors did not obey Me or pay any attention. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> As part of this agreement, you must let a Hebrew slave go free after six years of service. Your ancestors did not obey me, <a href="/erv/jeremiah/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 'Every seven years each of you must free any Hebrews who sold themselves to you. When they have served you for six years, you must set them free.' But your ancestors refused to obey me or listen to me. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> every 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. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> "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. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. <a href="/net/jeremiah/34.htm">NET Bible</a> "Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free." But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you": but your fathers did not listen to me, neither inclined their ear. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> At the end of seven years dismiss ye every man his brother a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not to me, neither inclined their ear. <a href="/web/jeremiah/34.htm">World English Bible</a> At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you. But your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> At the end of seven years you each send forth his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to you, and has served you six years, indeed, you have sent him forth from you free: and your fathers did not listen to Me, nor inclined their ear. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> From the end of seven years ye shall send away a man his brother, the Hebrew who shall be sold to thee, and serving thee six years, and send him away free from thee; and your fathers heard not to me and inclined not their ear.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> At the end of seven years, let ye go every man his brother being a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee, so he shall serve thee six years: and thou shalt let him go free from thee: and your fathers did not hearken to me, nor did they incline their ear. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> ‘When seven years have been completed, let each one release his brother, a Hebrew, who had been sold to him. And so he will serve you for six years, and then you shall release him to be free from you.’ But your fathers did not listen to me, nor did they incline their ear. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/34.htm">New American Bible</a> Every seventh year each of you must set free all Hebrews who have sold themselves to you; six years they shall serve you, but then you shall let them go free. Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or obey me. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> At the end of seven years you shall set free every man his brother, a Hebrew, who has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you; but your fathers did not hearken to me nor incline their ear. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> “After seven years you shall release, each man, his Hebrew brother that will be sold to you, and he shall work for you six years, and you shall release him as a son of freedom from your presence.” And your fathers did not listen to me, and they did not incline their ears to me<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee'; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> When six years are accomplished, thou shalt set free thy brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to thee: for he shall serve thee six years, and then thou shalt let him go free: but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=10697" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Freedom for Hebrew Slaves</a> …13“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying: 14<a href="/hebrew/7093.htm" title="7093: miq·qêṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- End. Contracted from qatsats; an extremity; adverbially after.">Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: tə·šal·lə·ḥū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">of you must free</a> <a href="/hebrew/5680.htm" title="5680: hā·‘iḇ·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps desc. of Eber, also another name for an Isr. Patronymic from Eber; an Eberite or descendant of Eber.">his Hebrew</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’ā·ḥîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">brother</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/4376.htm" title="4376: yim·mā·ḵêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To sell. A primitive root; to sell, literally, or figuratively.">has sold himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">to you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">He may serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šêš (Number-fsc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">you six</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ·tōw (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">but then you must let him go</a> <a href="/hebrew/2670.htm" title="2670: ḥā·p̄ə·šî (Adj-ms) -- Free. From chaphash; exempt.">free.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: mê·‘im·māḵ (Prep-m:: 2fs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">But your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: hiṭ·ṭū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">or incline</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ā·zə·nām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">their ear.</a> 15Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Exodus 21:2</a> If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. <a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">Deuteronomy 15:12</a> If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39-41</a> If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. / Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. / Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers. <a href="/nehemiah/5-8.htm">Nehemiah 5:8-13</a> and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say. / So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies? / I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">Deuteronomy 15:1-2</a> At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. / This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed. <a href="/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a> The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a> “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, <a href="/matthew/18-27.htm">Matthew 18:27</a> His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him. <a href="/romans/6-18.htm">Romans 6:18</a> You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-21.htm">1 Corinthians 7:21-23</a> Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity. / For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave. / You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. <a href="/philemon/1-16.htm">Philemon 1:16</a> no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord. <a href="/john/8-32.htm">John 8:32-36</a> Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” / “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?” / Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. ... <a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a> that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10-12</a> For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. / For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>At the end of seven years let you go every man his brother an Hebrew, which has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers listened not to me, neither inclined their ear.At the.<a href="/jeremiah/34-8.htm">Jeremiah 34:8,9</a> This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; … <a href="/exodus/21-1.htm">Exodus 21:1-4</a> Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them… <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10,11</a> And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: … been sold.<a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">1 Kings 21:25</a> But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.<a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Isaiah 50:1</a> Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.<a href="/romans/7-14.htm">Romans 7:14-17,24</a> For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin… but.<a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25,26</a> Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: … <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8-10</a> Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not… <a href="/jeremiah/32-30.htm">Jeremiah 32:30</a> For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/23-8.htm">Dismiss</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-4.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-5.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-13.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Free</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-10.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-9.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Inclined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-9.htm">Served</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Six</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-3.htm">Sold</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/14-22.htm">Dismiss</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-13.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Free</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-17.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jonah/1-9.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Inclined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-12.htm">Served</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-25.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-23.htm">Six</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-4.htm">Sold</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 34</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/34-1.htm">Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah and the city.</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/34-8.htm">The princes and the people having dismissed their bond-servants, </a> 11. <a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">contrary to the covenant of God, re-assume them.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/34-12.htm">Jeremiah gives them and Zedekiah into the hands of their enemies.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/34.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/34.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. This command refers to the Sabbatical Year, a principle established in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Exodus 21:2</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">Deuteronomy 15:12</a>). It reflects God's concern for social justice and economic balance within the Israelite community. The seventh year was a time of release, not only for the land (<a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4</a>) but also for Hebrew servants. This practice ensured that no Israelite would remain in perpetual servitude, emphasizing the value of freedom and the dignity of every individual. It also served as a reminder of Israel's own deliverance from slavery in Egypt, reinforcing their identity as a people set apart for God.He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. The six-year period of service was a form of indentured servitude, often entered into voluntarily due to economic hardship. This arrangement was not meant to be oppressive but rather a means of survival and eventual restoration. The release in the seventh year symbolized a new beginning and was an act of mercy and obedience to God's law. This cycle of service and release can be seen as a type of Christ's redemptive work, where He frees believers from the bondage of sin, offering a new life in Him.But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. This phrase highlights the historical disobedience of the Israelites, who repeatedly ignored God's commands. The failure to observe the Sabbatical Year and release Hebrew servants was symptomatic of a broader pattern of rebellion against God's covenant. This disobedience led to social injustice and contributed to the moral and spiritual decline of the nation. The prophets, including Jeremiah, often called the people to repentance, warning of the consequences of their unfaithfulness. This failure to listen and obey is a recurring theme in Scripture, illustrating the need for a heart responsive to God's word and the importance of aligning one's actions with His will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hebrews.htm">Hebrews</a> The people of Israel, specifically those who were in servitude and were to be released in the seventh year. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, where Jeremiah prophesied, and where the people were not following God's command regarding the release of Hebrew servants. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_seventh_year.htm">The Seventh Year</a> A sabbatical year, as commanded by God, for the release of Hebrew servants, reflecting God's provision and mercy. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_ancestors.htm">The Ancestors</a> The forefathers of the people of Judah who failed to obey God's command regarding the release of servants.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The importance of adhering to God's laws, as they are designed for justice and mercy. <a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_rest_and_release.htm">The Principle of Rest and Release</a> Understanding the sabbatical year as a time of rest and liberation, reflecting God's character and care for His people. <a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_relevance.htm">Historical Context and Relevance</a> Recognizing the historical disobedience of the Israelites and applying the lessons learned to our own lives. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_freedom.htm">Spiritual Freedom</a> Drawing parallels between physical release from servitude and spiritual freedom in Christ. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> Emphasizing the role of the community in ensuring justice and mercy are practiced, reflecting God's heart for the oppressed.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 34</a> <a href="/q/what_is_religious_science.htm">What is Religious Science?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_babylon_conquer_judah.htm">What led to Babylon's conquest of Judah?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_'one_god'_with_other_'gods'.htm">If, according to 1 Corinthians 8:6, there is only 'one God,' how do we reconcile this with other passages where divine beings or 'gods' are mentioned (e.g., Psalm 82)?</a> <a href="/q/why_death_for_gathering_wood_on_sabbath.htm">Numbers 15:32-36: Why is gathering wood on the Sabbath punished by death, and how does this align with a just moral system today?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) At the end of seven years . . .--The immediate context, "when he hath served thee six years," shows that the liberation was intended to take place at the beginning of the seventh year. The Sabbath-year was to bring its rest to the slave as well as to the land.Your fathers hearkened not unto me . . .--The words imply the fact already stated, that there had been a long-continued violation of the law to which the prophet refers. In <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm" title="Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?">Isaiah 58:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm" title="The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;">Isaiah 61:1</a> (assuming the earlier date of those prophecies) we may trace a protest against that violation.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - At the end of seven years, etc. This is the literal rendering, but the sense, as is clear from the parallel passage in <a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">Deuteronomy 15:12</a>, and indeed from the next clause of this very verse, is "in the seventh (not, the eighth) year." <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Every מִקֵּ֣ץ (miq·qêṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7093.htm">Strong's 7093: </a> An extremity, after seventh שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number year, שָׁנִ֡ים (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year each אִישׁ֩ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of you must free תְּֽשַׁלְּח֡וּ (tə·šal·lə·ḥū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out his Hebrew הָעִבְרִ֜י (hā·‘iḇ·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5680.htm">Strong's 5680: </a> Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite brother אָחִ֨יו (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> A brother, ) who אֲשֶֽׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has sold himself יִמָּכֵ֣ר (yim·mā·ḵêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4376.htm">Strong's 4376: </a> To sell to you. לְךָ֗ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> He may serve וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙ (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave you six שֵׁ֣שׁ (šêš) Number - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> Six (a cardinal number) years, שָׁנִ֔ים (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year but then you must let him go וְשִׁלַּחְתּ֥וֹ (wə·šil·laḥ·tōw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out free. חָפְשִׁ֖י (ḥā·p̄ə·šî) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2670.htm">Strong's 2670: </a> Exempt But your fathers אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father did not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no listen שָׁמְע֤וּ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently or incline הִטּ֖וּ (hiṭ·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend their ear. אָזְנָֽם׃ (’ā·zə·nām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Jeremiah 34:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-14.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 34:14 At the end of seven years you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/34-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 34:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 34:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 34:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 34:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>