Verse 9
Jeremiah 34:9
Bible in Basic English
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That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ֠/שַׁלַּח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת עַבְדּ֞/וֹ וְ/אִ֧ישׁ אֶת שִׁפְחָת֛/וֹ הָ/עִבְרִ֥י וְ/הָ/עִבְרִיָּ֖ה חָפְשִׁ֑ים לְ/בִלְתִּ֧י עֲבָד בָּ֛/ם בִּ/יהוּדִ֥י אָחִ֖י/הוּ אִֽישׁ
English Translation
To send away a man his servant and a man his maidservant, the Hebrew man and the Hebrew woman, free, so that they do not serve as slaves to a Jewish brother.
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Chapter 34 Context
1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and all his arm...
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The Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, This is what...
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And you will not get away from him, but will certainly be taken and given up into his hands; and you...
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But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said abou...
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5
You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kin...
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6
Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
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When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Jud...
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8
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all th...
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9
That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one...
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And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every on...
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11
But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and pu...
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12
For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
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13
The Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day whe...
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14
At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become your...
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15
And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking...
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16
But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his...
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17
And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loo...
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18
And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of...
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19
The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the pe...
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20
Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have design...
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21
And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the...
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22
See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war...
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