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Jeremiah 34:1
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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, |
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| Jeremiah 34:2 |
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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, 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 the LORD, O Zedekiah king
of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: |
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| Jeremiah 34:5 |
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But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings
of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours
for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the
word, saith the LORD. |
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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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| Jeremiah 34:7 |
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When the king of Babylon's army fought against
Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish,
and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. |
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| Jeremiah 34:8 |
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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; |
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| Jeremiah 34:9 |
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That every man should let his manservant, and
every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none
should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. |
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| Jeremiah 34:10 |
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Now when all the princes, and all the people,
which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant,
and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them
any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. |
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| Jeremiah 34:11 |
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But afterward 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 the LORD came to Jeremiah
from the LORD, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 34:13 |
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Thus saith the LORD, 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 bondmen, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 34:14 |
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At the end of seven years let ye go every man
his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he 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 right in
my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a
covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: |
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| Jeremiah 34:16 |
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But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused
every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty
at their pleasure, to return, and 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 the LORD; Ye have not hearkened
unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his
neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword,
to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into 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, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had
made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts
thereof, |
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| Jeremiah 34:19 |
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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, which passed between
the parts of the calf; |
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| Jeremiah 34:20 |
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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 meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. |
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| Jeremiah 34:21 |
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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, which are gone up from
you. |
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| Jeremiah 34:22 |
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Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, 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
an inhabitant. |
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