Jeremiah 34 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

The word^H1697 that came^H1961 to Jeremiah^H3414 from the LORD^H3068, when Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 and all^H3605 his army^H2428, with all^H3605 the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776 that were under his [fn]control^H4475 and all^H3605 the peoples^H5971, were fighting^H3898 against^H5921 Jerusalem^H3389 and all^H3605 its cities^H5892, saying^H559,

Jer 34:2

Jer 34:2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am handing this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.

Jer 34:3

Jer 34:3‘And as for you, you will not escape from his hand, for you will assuredly be caught and handed over to him; 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.’”’

Jer 34:4

Jer 34:4“Yet hear the word of the LORD, Zedekiah king of Judah! This is what the LORD says concerning you: ‘You will not die by the sword.

Jer 34:5

Jer 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 mourn for you, crying, “Oh, my lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares the LORD.

Jer 34:6

Then Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030 spoke^H1696 all^H3605 these^H428 words^H1697 to Zedekiah^H6667 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063 in Jerusalem^H3389

Jer 34:7

Jer 34:7when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and all the remaining cities of Judah, that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they alone remained as fortified cities among the cities of Judah.

Jer 34:8

The word^H1697 that came^H1961 to Jeremiah^H3414 from the LORD^H3068 after^H310 King^H4428 Zedekiah^H6667 had made^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with all^H3605 the people^H5971 who^H834 were in Jerusalem^H3389, to proclaim^H7121 [fn]release^H1865 to them:

Jer 34:9

Jer 34:9that each person was to set his male servant free and each his female servant, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, so that no one would keep them, his Jewish brother or sister, in bondage.

Jer 34:10

Jer 34:10And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each person was to set his male servant free and each his female servant, so that no one would keep them in bondage any longer; they obeyed, and set them free.

Jer 34:11

Jer 34:11But afterward they turned around and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male servants and as female servants.

Jer 34:12

Then the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 to Jeremiah^H3414 from the LORD^H3068, saying^H559,

Jer 34:13

Jer 34:13“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘I made a covenant with your forefathers on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, saying,

Jer 34:14

Jer 34:14“At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you for six years, and you shall send him out free from you.” But your forefathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear to Me.

Jer 34:15

Jer 34:15‘Although recently you had turned and done what is right in My sight, each one proclaiming [fn]release to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.

Jer 34:16

Jer 34:16‘Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each person [fn]took back his male servant and each his female servant whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male and female servants.’

Jer 34:17

“Therefore^H3651 this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 says^H559: ‘You have not obeyed^H8085 Me in proclaiming^H7121 [fn]release^H1865, each^H376 one^H376 to his brother^H251 and each^H376 to his neighbor^H7453. Behold^H2009, I am proclaiming^H7121 a [fn]release^H1865 to you,’ declares^H5002 the LORD^H3068, ‘to the sword^H2719, to the plague^H1698, and to the famine^H7458; and I will make^H5414 you a terror^H2113 to all^H3605 the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776.

Jer 34:18

Jer 34:18‘I will give the people who have violated My covenant, who have not fulfilled the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts—

Jer 34:19

Jer 34:19the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the high officials and the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf—

Jer 34:20

Jer 34:20I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth.

Jer 34:21

Jer 34:21‘Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will also hand over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives, and to the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.

Jer 34:22

Jer 34:22‘Behold, I am going to give a command,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will bring them back to this city, and they will 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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NASB20 Footnotes

(34:1)

Lit dominion

(34:3)

Lit his mouth with your mouth

(34:8)

Or liberty

(34:14)

Or has sold himself

(34:15)

Or liberty

(34:16)

Lit made his male servant return and

(34:17)

Or liberty

(34:17)

Or liberty

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A Prophecy against Zedekiah

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