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Jeremiah 34:6-22

34:6

Then Jeremiah
<03414>

the prophet
<05030>

spake
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all these words
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unto Zedekiah
<06667>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

34:7

When the king
<04428>

of Babylon's
<0894>

army
<02428>

fought
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against Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and against all the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>

that were left
<03498> (8737)_,

against Lachish
<03923>_,

and against Azekah
<05825>_:

for these defenced
<04013>

cities
<05892>

remained
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of the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_.

34:8

[This is] the word
<01697>

that came unto Jeremiah
<03414>

from the LORD
<03068>_,

after
<0310>

that the king
<04428>

Zedekiah
<06667>

had made
<03772> (8800)

a covenant
<01285>

with all the people
<05971>

which [were] at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

to proclaim
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liberty
<01865>

unto them;

34:9

That every man
<0376>

should let his manservant
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and every man
<0376>

his maidservant
<08198>_,

[being] an Hebrew
<05680>

or an Hebrewess
<05680>_,

go
<07971> (8763)

free
<02670>_;

that none should serve
<05647> (8800)

himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew
<03064>

his brother
<0251>_.

34:10

Now when all the princes
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and all the people
<05971>_,

which had entered
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into the covenant
<01285>_,

heard
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that every one
<0376>

should let his manservant
<05650>_,

and every one
<0376>

his maidservant
<08198>_,

go
<07971> (8763)

free
<02670>_,

that none should serve
<05647> (8800)

themselves of them any more, then they obeyed
<08085> (8799)_,

and let [them] go
<07971> (8762)_.

34:11

But afterward
<0310>

they turned
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and caused the servants
<05650>

and the handmaids
<08198>_,

whom they had let go
<07971> (8765)

free
<02670>_,

to return
<07725> (8686)_,

and brought them into subjection
<03533> (8799) (8675) <03533> (8686)

for servants
<05650>

and for handmaids
<08198>_.

34:12

Therefore the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

came to Jeremiah
<03414>

from the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
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34:13

Thus saith
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the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_;

I made
<03772> (8804)

a covenant
<01285>

with your fathers
<01>

in the day
<03117>

that I brought them forth
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out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_,

out of the house
<01004>

of bondmen
<05650>_,

saying
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34:14

At the end
<07093>

of seven
<07651>

years
<08141>

let ye go
<07971> (8762)

every man
<0376>

his brother
<0251>

an Hebrew
<05680>_,

which hath been sold
<04376> (8735)

unto thee; and when he hath served
<05647> (8804)

thee six
<08337>

years
<08141>_,

thou shalt let him go
<07971> (8765)

free
<02670>

from thee: but your fathers
<01>

hearkened
<08085> (8804)

not unto me, neither inclined
<05186> (8689)

their ear
<0241>_.

{hath been...: or, hath sold himself}

34:15

And ye were now
<03117>

turned
<07725> (8799)_,

and had done
<06213> (8799)

right
<03477>

in my sight
<05869>_,

in proclaiming
<07121> (8800)

liberty
<01865>

every man
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_;

and ye had made
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

before
<06440>

me in the house
<01004>

which is called
<07121> (8738)

by my name
<08034>_:

{now: Heb. to day} {which...: Heb. whereupon my name is called}

34:16

But ye turned
<07725> (8799)

and polluted
<02490> (8762)

my name
<08034>_,

and caused every man
<0376>

his servant
<05650>_,

and every man
<0376>

his handmaid
<08198>_,

whom ye had set
<07971> (8765)

at liberty
<02670>

at their pleasure
<05315>_,

to return
<07725> (8686)_,

and brought them into subjection
<03533> (8799)_,

to be unto you for servants
<05650>

and for handmaids
<08198>_.

34:17

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

Ye have not hearkened
<08085> (8804)

unto me, in proclaiming
<07121> (8800)

liberty
<01865>_,

every one
<0376>

to his brother
<0251>_,

and every man
<0376>

to his neighbour
<07453>_:

behold, I proclaim
<07121> (8802)

a liberty
<01865>

for you, saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_,

to the sword
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to the pestilence
<01698>_,

and to the famine
<07458>_;

and I will make
<05414> (8804)

you to be removed
<02189> (8675) <02113>

into all the kingdoms
<04467>

of the earth
<0776>_.

{to be...: Heb. for a removing}

34:18

And I will give
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the men
<0582>

that have transgressed
<05674> (8802)

my covenant
<01285>_,

which have not performed
<06965> (8689)

the words
<01697>

of the covenant
<01285>

which they had made
<03772> (8804)

before
<06440>

me, when they cut
<03772> (8804)

the calf
<05695>

in twain
<08147>_,

and passed
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between the parts
<01335>

thereof,

34:19

The princes
<08269>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and the princes
<08269>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_,

the eunuchs
<05631>_,

and the priests
<03548>_,

and all the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>_,

which passed
<05674> (8802)

between the parts
<01335>

of the calf
<05695>_;

34:20

I will even give
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them into the hand
<03027>

of their enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of them that seek
<01245> (8764)

their life
<05315>_:

and their dead bodies
<05038>

shall be for meat
<03978>

unto the fowls
<05775>

of the heaven
<08064>_,

and to the beasts
<0929>

of the earth
<0776>_.

34:21

And Zedekiah
<06667>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

and his princes
<08269>

will I give
<05414> (8799)

into the hand
<03027>

of their enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of them that seek
<01245> (8764)

their life
<05315>_,

and into the hand
<03027>

of the king
<04428>

of Babylon's
<0894>

army
<02428>_,

which are gone up
<05927> (8802)

from you.

34:22

Behold, I will command
<06680> (8764)_,

saith
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the LORD
<03068>_,

and cause them to return
<07725> (8689)

to this city
<05892>_;

and they shall fight
<03898> (8738)

against it, and take
<03920> (8804)

it, and burn
<08313> (8804)

it with fire
<0784>_:

and I will make
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the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>

a desolation
<08077>

without an inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.