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|Jeremías 34:6|
Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
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|Jeremías 34:7|
while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah that were still holding out — Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.
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|Jeremías 34:8|
The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves.
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|Jeremías 34:9|
Everyone was to free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no-one was to hold a fellow Jew in bondage.
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|Jeremías 34:10|
So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free.
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|Jeremías 34:11|
But afterwards they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.
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|Jeremías 34:12|
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
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|Jeremías 34:13|
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I said,
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|Jeremías 34:14|
‘Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrew who has sold himself to you. After he has served you for six years, you must let him go free.’ [Deut. 15:12] Your fathers, however, did not listen to me or pay attention to me.
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|Jeremías 34:15|
Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to his countrymen. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.
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