Jeremiah 34:8

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

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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 as fortified cities.

9that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:10“For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

Leviticus 25:39“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

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

2 Chronicles 15:12They entered into the covenant to seek the 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 the 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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