Jeremiah 34:8

The word that came to Jeremiah from LORD, after the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

In Context

7when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah, for these [alone] remained of the cities of Judah, fortified cities.

9that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that none should make bondmen of them, [namely], of a Jew his brother.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:10And six years thou shall sow thy land, and shall gather in the increase of it,

Leviticus 25:39And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman.

2 Kings 11:17And Jehoiada made a covenant between LORD and the king and the people, that they should be LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into the covenant to seek LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul.

2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 34:2-8

Captivity of Zedekiah Foretold; The Babylonish Captivity Predicted. ( b. c. 589.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord , when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon,… Read the whole commentary →

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