Jeremiah 34:12-14

The Voice

¹²It was then that a word from the Eternal came to Jeremiah regarding the people of Jerusalem:

Eternal One: ¹³I, the Eternal God of Israel, am reminding you that I made a covenant with your ancestors when I rescued them from slavery in the land of Egypt. I told them: ¹⁴After six years of service, a fellow Hebrew slave must be freed from slavery in the seventh year.^[a] But your ancestors never took My directive seriously or obeyed Me.

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34:14 Deuteronomy 15:12

Jeremiah 34:12-14

New International Version

¹²Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ¹³“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors^(A) when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.^(B) I said, ¹⁴‘Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you six years, you must let them go free.’^[a]^(C) Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay attention^(D) to me.