Verse 9
Jeremiah 34:9
New Living Translation
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He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves — both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
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
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with all the armies from the kingdoms he ruled, and he fought ag...
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2
“Go to King Zedekiah of Judah, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, say...
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3
You will not escape his grasp but will be captured and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to fac...
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4
“‘But listen to this promise from the LORD, O Zedekiah, king of Judah. This is what the LORD says: Y...
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5
but will die peacefully. People will burn incense in your memory, just as they did for your ancestor...
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6
So Jeremiah the prophet delivered the message to King Zedekiah of Judah.
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7
At this time the Babylonian army was besieging Jerusalem, Lachish, and Azekah — the only fortified c...
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8
This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah made a covenant with the people, pro...
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9
He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves — both men and women. No one was to keep a...
10
The officials and all the people had obeyed the king’s command,
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11
but later they changed their minds. They took back the men and women they had freed, forcing them to...
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12
So the LORD gave them this message through Jeremiah:
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13
“This is what the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors long...
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14
I told them that every Hebrew slave must be freed after serving six years. But your ancestors paid n...
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15
Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a...
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16
But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had...
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17
“Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free...
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18
Because you have broken the terms of our covenant, I will cut you apart just as you cut apart the ca...
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19
Yes, I will cut you apart, whether you are officials of Judah or Jerusalem, court officials, priests...
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20
I will give you to your enemies, and they will kill you. Your bodies will be food for the vultures a...
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21
“I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to the army of the king of Babylon. And a...
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22
I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it...
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