Jeremiah 34:8-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The People and Their Slaves
8 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom(A) to them, 9 so each man would free his male and female Hebrew slaves and no one would enslave his Judean brother.(B) 10 All the officials and people who entered into covenant to free their male and female slaves—in order not to enslave them any longer—obeyed and freed them. 11 Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.
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Jeremiah 34:8-11
International Standard Version
A Broken Agreement with Hebrew Servants
8 This is[a] this message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem proclaiming release for them. 9 Each person was to set free his male and female slaves who were Hebrews, so that no Jewish person would enslave his brother.[b] 10 All the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant agreed[c] that each would set his male and female slaves free so that they[d] would not enslave them any longer. They obeyed and they released them. 11 But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves.
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- Jeremiah 34:8 The Heb. lacks This is
- Jeremiah 34:9 I.e. another Jewish person
- Jeremiah 34:10 Or obeyed
- Jeremiah 34:10 Lit. he
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