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You have forced them to become your slaves again. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/34.htm">New Living Translation</a> But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had freed, forcing them to be slaves once again. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/34.htm">King James Bible</a> But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/34.htm">New King James Version</a> 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.’ <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each person took back his male servant and each his female servant whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male and female servants.’ <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man took back his male servant and each man his female servant whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male servants and female servants."&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man took back his male servant and each man his female servant, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male servants and female servants.”’ <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man returned to themselves his male slave and each man his female slave whom you had let go as free according to their desire, and you subdued them to be your male slaves and female slaves.”’ <a href="/amp/jeremiah/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Yet you backed out [of the covenant] and profaned My Name, and each man took back his servants, male and female, whom had been set free in accordance with their desire, and you brought them into servitude [again] to be your male servants and your female servants.”’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But you have changed your minds and profaned my name. Each has taken back his male and female slaves who had been let go free to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each has taken back his male and female slaves who had been freed to go wherever they wanted, and you have again subjugated them to be your slaves. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Now you have changed again and dishonored me. You brought back the male and female slaves that you had set free to live their own lives. You have forced them to be your male and female slaves again. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> But 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. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> But then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves whom you had set free according to their desire, and you forced them to become male and female slaves."' <a href="/msb/jeremiah/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. <a href="/net/jeremiah/34.htm">NET Bible</a> But then you turned right around and showed that you did not honor me. Each of you took back your male and female slaves whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your slaves again. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But ye turned and profaned 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 to you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/web/jeremiah/34.htm">World English Bible</a> but you turned and profaned my name, and every man caused his servant and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return. You brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you turn back, and defile My Name, and you each cause his manservant and each his maidservant, whom he had sent forth free (at their pleasure), to return, and you subdue them to be for menservants and for maidservants to you.” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And -- ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And ye will turn back and pollute my name, and ye will cause to turn back a man his servant and a man his maid, whom ye sent away free to their soul, and ye will subdue them to be to you for servants and for maids.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And you are fallen back, and have defiled my name: and you have brought back again every man his manservant, and every man his maidservant, whom you had let go free, and set at liberty: and you have brought them into subjection to be your servants and handmaids. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But now you have turned back, and you have stained my name. For you have led back again, each one his man servant, and each one his woman servant, whom you had released so that they would be free and under their own authority. And you have subjugated them, so that they would be your servants and handmaids.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/34.htm">New American Bible</a> But then you again profaned my name by taking back your male and female slaves whom you had just set free for life; you forced them to become your slaves again. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> but 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But then you turned again and profaned 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 to be brought again into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you turned and you defiled my name, and you caused, every man, his Servant, and every man, his Handmaid, to return, whose souls you released as children of freedom, and you subjected them that they would be Servants and Maidservants to you<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> but ye turned and profaned My name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But ye turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and every one his handmaid, whom ye had sent forth free and at their own disposal, to be to you men-servants and maid-servants. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/34-16.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=10726" 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> …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. 16<a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wat·tā·šu·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">But now you have changed your minds</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: wat·tə·ḥal·lə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">and profaned</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/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">My name.</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 of you</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/7725.htm" title="7725: wat·tā·ši·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">has taken back</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">the menservants and maidservants</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: 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."></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/8198.htm" title="8198: šip̄·ḥā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Maid, maidservant. Feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out; a female slave."></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.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šil·laḥ·tem (V-Piel-Perf-2mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">you had set</a> <a href="/hebrew/2670.htm" title="2670: ḥā·p̄ə·šîm (Adj-mp) -- Free. From chaphash; exempt.">at liberty</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: lə·nap̄·šām (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">to go wherever they wanted,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3533.htm" title="3533: wat·tiḵ·bə·šū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate.">and you have again forced</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">to be</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">your</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">slaves.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8198.htm" title="8198: wə·liš·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fp) -- Maid, maidservant. Feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out; a female slave."></a> 17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.…<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 21:2-6</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. / If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. / If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">Deuteronomy 15:12-15</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. / And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. / You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. ... <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39-46</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="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6</a> Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? <a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Ezekiel 18:7-9</a> He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. / He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. / He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Ezekiel 34:4</a> You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. <a href="/matthew/18-21.htm">Matthew 18:21-35</a> Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” / Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! / Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ... <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18-19</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, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” <a href="/luke/13-15.htm">Luke 13:15-16</a> “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? / Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?” <a href="/john/8-31.htm">John 8:31-36</a> So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. / 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?” ... <a href="/acts/7-35.htm">Acts 7:35-39</a> This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. / He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. / This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ ... <a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Romans 6:16-18</a> Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? / But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. / 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="/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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But you 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 to you for servants and for handmaids.ye turned.<a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Jeremiah 34:11</a> But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.<a href="/1_samuel/15-11.htm">1 Samuel 15:11</a> It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.<a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm">Ezekiel 3:20</a> Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.polluted.<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a> Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.<a href="/leviticus/19-12.htm">Leviticus 19:12</a> And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.<a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm">Ezekiel 17:16-19</a> As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die… and brought.<a href="/matthew/18-28.htm">Matthew 18:28-34</a> But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-27.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Female</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Free</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-23.htm">Handmaid</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Handmaids</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm">Liberty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Male</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-41.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-10.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-13.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Subjection</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/35-2.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-13.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/joel/2-29.htm">Female</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-4.htm">Free</a> <a href="/luke/1-38.htm">Handmaid</a> <a href="/joel/2-29.htm">Handmaids</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-17.htm">Liberty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Male</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-19.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm">Subjection</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-3.htm">Turned</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>But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. This phrase highlights the Israelites' breach of covenant with God. Initially, they had made a vow to release their Hebrew slaves, aligning with the law in <a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Exodus 21:2-6</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">Deuteronomy 15:12-15</a>, which required the release of Hebrew slaves after six years of service. By reneging on this promise, they not only broke their word but also dishonored God's name, as their actions were a direct violation of His commandments. This reflects a broader theme in Jeremiah, where the people's unfaithfulness and disobedience lead to divine judgment.Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants The act of taking back the servants signifies a return to oppressive practices, reminiscent of Israel's own history of slavery in Egypt. This regression underscores a failure to learn from past deliverance and a disregard for God's laws designed to promote justice and mercy. The cultural context of the time placed significant emphasis on social hierarchy and economic stability, often at the expense of the vulnerable, which God consistently condemned through His prophets.whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, The initial release of the slaves was a moment of obedience and a reflection of God's desire for freedom and justice, as seen in the Year of Jubilee (<a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a>). This act was meant to restore dignity and autonomy to the individuals, allowing them to reintegrate into society as free persons. The reversal of this decision highlights the fickleness of human commitment and the ease with which societal pressures can lead to moral compromise.and you have again forced them to be your slaves. Re-enslaving the freed individuals represents a grave injustice and a direct affront to God's commands. This action not only exploited the vulnerable but also demonstrated a lack of trust in God's provision and justice. Theologically, this mirrors the spiritual bondage that sin creates, from which Christ offers liberation (<a href="/john/8-34.htm">John 8:34-36</a>). The Israelites' actions serve as a cautionary tale about the consequences of ignoring God's laws and the importance of upholding justice and mercy in all dealings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah, often warning them of impending judgment due to their disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/z/zedekiah.htm">Zedekiah</a> The last king of Judah, who initially agreed to release the Hebrew slaves but later reneged on this covenant. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The inhabitants of the southern kingdom who were guilty of breaking their covenant with God by re-enslaving those they had freed. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a> An agreement made by the people of Judah to release their Hebrew slaves, in accordance with God's laws, which they later violated. 5. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_threat.htm">Babylonian Threat</a> The impending invasion by Babylon, which served as a backdrop to the events, highlighting the urgency of repentance and obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_keeping_covenants.htm">The Importance of Keeping Covenants</a> God takes our promises seriously, and breaking them is seen as profaning His name. We must strive to be people of integrity, honoring our commitments. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God's commands leads to negative consequences, both spiritually and physically. The people of Judah faced judgment because of their actions. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_justice_and_mercy.htm">The Call to Justice and Mercy</a> God desires justice and mercy, as seen in His laws regarding the treatment of slaves. We are called to reflect His character in our dealings with others. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Even when we fail, God offers a path to repentance and restoration. We must be willing to turn back to Him and make amends for our wrongs. <a href="/topical/f/freedom_in_christ.htm">Freedom in Christ</a> Just as the Israelites were called to release their slaves, we are called to live in the freedom Christ provides, not returning to the bondage of sin.<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_defines_spiritual_bondage.htm">What defines spiritual bondage?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_god_view_re-enslavement_vs._slavery.htm">Jeremiah 34:11-17 - How does God's condemnation of re-enslavement align with other passages where slavery was permitted (e.g., Leviticus 25)?</a> <a href="/q/why_re-enslave_after_freeing_slaves.htm">Jeremiah 34:8-11 - Why would the Israelites release their slaves, then immediately re-enslave them, if this event was truly a binding covenant?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'our_sufficiency_is_of_god'_mean.htm">How can we proclaim liberty to the captives?</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>(16) But ye turned and polluted my name . . .--The second verb is the same as that translated "profane the name of the Lord" in <a href="/leviticus/19-12.htm" title="And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.">Leviticus 19:12</a>, in close connexion with the sin of swearing falsely. The sin of which the princes and rich men had been guilty was not merely an act of injustice. They had broken the third commandment as well as the eighth, and were accordingly guilty of sacrilege. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But now you have changed your minds וַתָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (wat·tā·šu·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again and profaned וַתְּחַלְּל֣וּ (wat·tə·ḥal·lə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play My name. שְׁמִ֔י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name Each of you אִ֤ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person has taken back וַתָּשִׁ֗בוּ (wat·tā·ši·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again the menservants and maidservants עַבְדּוֹ֙ (‘aḇ·dōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant whom אֲשֶׁר־ (’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 you had set שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם (šil·laḥ·tem) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out at liberty חָפְשִׁ֖ים (ḥā·p̄ə·šîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2670.htm">Strong's 2670: </a> Exempt to go wherever they wanted, לְנַפְשָׁ֑ם (lə·nap̄·šām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion and you have again forced וַתִּכְבְּשׁ֣וּ (wat·tiḵ·bə·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3533.htm">Strong's 3533: </a> To subdue, bring into bondage them אֹתָ֔ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case to be לִֽהְי֣וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be your slaves. לַעֲבָדִ֖ים (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 34:16 But you turned and profaned my name (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 34:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 34:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/34-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 34:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 34:17" /></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>