Jeremiah 34:17-20
Legacy Standard Bible
17 “Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming [a]release each man to his brother and each man to his neighbor. Behold, I am (A)proclaiming a [b]release to you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘to the (B)sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you a (C)terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men who have (D)trespassed against My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant which they cut before Me, when they (E)cut the calf in two and passed between its parts— 19 the (F)officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the court officers and the priests and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf— 20 And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who (G)seek their life. And their (H)dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
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- Jeremiah 34:17 Or liberty
- Jeremiah 34:17 Or liberty
Jeremiah 34:17-20
Common English Bible
17 Therefore, the Lord proclaims: Since you have defied me by not setting your fellow citizens free, I’m setting you free, declares the Lord, free to die by the sword, disease, and famine! And I will make you an object of horror for all nations on earth. 18 I will make those who disregarded my covenant, violating its terms that they agreed to in my presence, like the calf they cut in two and then walked between the halves of its carcass. 19 The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the eunuchs and priests, and all the people who passed through the pieces of the calf 20 I will hand over to their enemies who seek to kill them. And their corpses will become food for birds and wild animals.
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