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Jeremiah 34:1
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of
the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against
Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying: |
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| Jeremiah 34:2 |
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Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and
speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will
give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with
fire: |
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| Jeremiah 34:3 |
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and thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but
shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold
the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth,
and thou shalt go to Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 34:4 |
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Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king
of Judah: thus saith Jehovah concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword; |
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| Jeremiah 34:5 |
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thou shalt die in peace; and with the burnings
of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they make a burning
for thee; and they shall lament thee, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word,
saith Jehovah. |
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| Jeremiah 34:6 |
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Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words
unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, |
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when 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. |
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| Jeremiah 34:8 |
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The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah,
after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were
at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; |
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| Jeremiah 34:9 |
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that every man should let his man-servant, and
every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none
should make bondmen of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. |
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| Jeremiah 34:10 |
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And all the princes and all the people obeyed,
that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant,
and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them
any more; they obeyed, and let them go: |
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| Jeremiah 34:11 |
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but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants
and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into
subjection for servants and for handmaids. |
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| Jeremiah 34:12 |
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Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah
from Jehovah, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 34:13 |
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Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made
a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 34:14 |
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At the end of seven years ye shall let go every
man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served
thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened
not unto me, neither inclined their ear. |
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| Jeremiah 34:15 |
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And ye were now turned, and had done that which
is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye
had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: |
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but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused
every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at
their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you
for servants and for handmaids. |
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| Jeremiah 34:17 |
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Therefore thus saith Jehovah: ye have not hearkened
unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor:
behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence,
and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms
of the earth. |
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| Jeremiah 34:18 |
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And I will give the men that have transgressed
my covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made
before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;
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the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem,
the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between
the parts of the calf; |
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I will even give them into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies
shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.
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And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will
I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their
life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, that are gone away from
you. |
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| Jeremiah 34:22 |
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Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause
them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and
burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
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