Jeremiah 34:12-16
New Living Translation
12 So the Lord gave them this message through Jeremiah: 13 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors long ago when I rescued them from their slavery in Egypt. 14 I told them that every Hebrew slave must be freed after serving six years. But your ancestors paid no attention to me. 15 Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with me in the Temple that bears my name. 16 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.
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Jeremiah 34:12-16
English Standard Version
12 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 13 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when (A)I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying, 14 (B)‘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; (C)you must set him free from your service.’ But (D)your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me. 15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes (E)by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and (F)you made a covenant before me in the (G)house that is called by my name, 16 but then you turned around (H)and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, (I)whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.
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