Jeremiah 34:8-10

Living Bible

⁸ This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah of Judah had freed all the slaves in Jerusalem— ⁹ (for King Zedekiah had ordered everyone to free his Hebrew slaves, both men and women. He had said that no Jew should be the master of another Jew for all were brothers. ¹⁰ The princes and all the people had obeyed the king’s command and freed their slaves, but the action was only temporary.