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
English Standard Version
17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me (A)by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; (B)behold, I proclaim to you liberty (C)to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. (D)I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of (E)the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like[a] (F)the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts— 19 the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, (G)the eunuchs, 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 (H)and into the hand of those who seek their lives. (I)Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
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- Jeremiah 34:18 Hebrew lacks them like
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