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Jeremiah 34 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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A Prophecy Against Zedekiah

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The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his military force, with all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his [fn]dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him: “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - ‘And you will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be seized and given into his hand; and you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you [fn]face to face, and you will go to Babylon.’”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:4 - “Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says Yahweh concerning you, ‘You will not die by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - ‘You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn spices for you; and they will lament for you, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares Yahweh.

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Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - when the military force of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they alone remained as fortified cities among the cities of Judah.

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The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh after King Zedekiah had cut a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim [fn]release to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - that each man should let his male slave go free and each man his female slave, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, so that no one should enslave them, each being a Jew, his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each man should let his male slave go free and each man his female slave, so that no one should enslave them any longer; they obeyed and let them go free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - But afterwards they turned around and returned to themselves the male slaves and the female slaves, whom they had let go as free, and subdued them to be male slaves and female slaves.

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Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13 - “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I cut a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years each of you shall let his Hebrew brother go who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you six years, and you shall let him go to be free from you; but your fathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:15 - “Although recently you had turned and done what is right in My sight, each man proclaiming [fn]release to his neighbor, and you had cut a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - “Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man [fn]returned to themselves his male slave and each man his female slave whom you had let go as free according to their desire, and you subdued them to be your male slaves and female slaves.”’

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“Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming [fn]release each man to his brother and each man to his neighbor. Behold, I am proclaiming a [fn]release to you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:18 - ‘And I will give the men who have trespassed against My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant which they cut before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19 - the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the court officers and the priests and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:21 - ‘And as for Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life and into the hand of the military force of the king of Babylon which has gone away from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I am going to command,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will cause them to return to this city; and they will fight against it and capture it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’”
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LSB Footnotes
Lit dominion of his hand
Lit mouth to mouth
Or liberty
Or has sold himself
Or liberty
Lit caused them to return
Or liberty
Or liberty
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Jeremiah Chapter 34 — Additional Translations:

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