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Jeremiah 34:16

וַתָּשֻׁבוּ וַתְּחַלְּלוּ אֶת ־ שְׁמִי וַתָּשִׁבוּ אִישׁ אֶת ־ עַבְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֶת ־ שִׁפְחָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר ־ שִׁלַּחְתֶּם חָפְשִׁים לְנַפְשָׁם וַתִּכְבְּשׁוּ אֹתָם לִֽהְיוֹת לָכֶם לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

In Context

15וַתָּשֻׁבוּ אַתֶּם הַיּוֹם וַתַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת ־ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינַי לִקְרֹא דְרוֹר אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ וַתִּכְרְתוּ בְרִית לְפָנַי בַּבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ־ נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עָלָֽיו ׃

17לָכֵן כֹּה ־ אָמַר יְהוָה אַתֶּם לֹֽא ־ שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֵלַי לִקְרֹא דְרוֹר אִישׁ לְאָחִיו וְאִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ הִנְנִי קֹרֵא לָכֶם דְּרוֹר נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה אֶל ־ הַחֶרֶב אֶל ־ הַדֶּבֶר וְאֶל ־ הָרָעָב וְנָתַתִּי אֶתְכֶם לזועה לְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 20:7לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת ־ שֵֽׁם ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה יְהוָה אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ יִשָּׂא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ לַשָּֽׁוְא ׃ פ

1 Samuel 15:11נִחַמְתִּי כִּֽי ־ הִמְלַכְתִּי אֶת ־ שָׁאוּל לְמֶלֶךְ כִּֽי ־ שָׁב מֵאַֽחֲרַי וְאֶת ־ דְּבָרַי לֹא הֵקִים וַיִּחַר לִשְׁמוּאֵל וַיִּזְעַק אֶל ־ יְהוָה כָּל ־ הַלָּֽיְלָה ׃

Malachi 1:7מַגִּישִׁים עַֽל ־ מִזְבְּחִי לֶחֶם מְגֹאָל וַאֲמַרְתֶּם בַּמֶּה גֵֽאַלְנוּךָ בֶּאֱמָרְכֶם שֻׁלְחַן יְהוָה נִבְזֶה הֽוּא ׃

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 34:9-22

Transient Reformation; The Servants Re-enslaved. ( b. c. 589.) 8 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; 9 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant,… Read the whole commentary →

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