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Jeremiah 34

34 This message came from the Eternal to Jeremiah, when Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon and all his army, with all the realms and races of the world under his sway, were attacking Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah. 2 “This is what the Eternal, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah the king of Judah and tell him that this is the Eternal’s word: ‘I am handing this city over to the king of Babylon, who shall burn it up; 3 you cannot make your escape from him, you will certainly be captured and put into his hands; you will have to face the king of Babylon and speak to him in person, and to Babylon you must go. 4 But listen to what the Eternal says, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Eternal says regarding yourself: 5 you are not to die by the sword, you are to die a peaceful death; and as spices were burned at the burial of your forefathers, the kings before you, so shall they be burned for you, and the lament--“Alas for my lord!”--shall rise for you. I have said the word, the Eternal declares.’ ” 6 So Jeremiah gave this message to Zedekiah the king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7 when the king of BabyIon’s army was attacking Jerusalem, Lakhish, and Azekah--the only fortified towns of Judah that were left.

8 A message that came from the Eternal to Jeremiah, after king Zedekiah had made a compact with all the people in Jerusalem that freedom was to be proclaimed-- 9 every man to set free his Hebrew slaves, male or female, so that no Jew or Jewess should be a slave any longer. 10 But although all the authorities and all the people agreed to the compact that everyone should set free his male and female slaves, 11 they afterwards forced back into slavery the male and female slaves whom they had liberated. 12 So this message came from the Eternal to Jeremiah: 13 “Here is what the Eternal, the God of Israel, says: ‘Whereas on the day that I brought your fathers out of Egypt’s land, from that slave-pen, I made this com-pact with them 14 that at the end of six years they were to release any fellow Hebrew who had been sold to them--at the end of six years’ service they were to set him free (a compact of mine that your fathers would not obey or observe); 15 and whereas you on the other hand have now done what I consider right, by proclaiming a general freedom, making a compact in my presence, within the temple that belongs to me, 16 and have then turned round and sullied my honour by forcing back into slavery, every one of you, the very male and female slaves whom you had liberated to go where they pleased; 17 therefore, the Eternal declares, since you would not obey me and proclaim freedom, each to his brother and fellow, I now proclaim you free, says the Eternal--free to fall under the sword, the pestilence, and the famine! I will make your fate a terror to every kingdom upon earth. 10 And as for the men who broke my compact, who did not carry out the termsof the compact that they made in my presence when they passed between the pieces of the calf that they had cut in two, 19 and for the authorities of Judah and the authorities of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the laity, who passed between the pieces of the calf that they had cut in two, 20 I will hand them over to their enemies, and their dead bodies shall be devoured by wild birds and wild beasts. 21 Zedekiah king of Judah and his leading men I will hand over to their enemies, to the army of the king of Babylon which has retired from besieging you; 22 at my word of command, says the Eternal, they shall return to this city, attack it and capture it and bum it up, and the towns of Judah I will make desolate and uninhabited.’ ”