Jeremiah 34 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

Jer 34:1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, with all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying,

Jer 34:2

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

Jer 34:3

Jer 34:3‘You will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be captured and delivered 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.’”’

Jer 34:4

Jer 34:4“Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the LORD 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 lament for you, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares the LORD.

Jer 34:6

Jer 34:6Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem

Jer 34:7

Jer 34:7when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against 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

Jer 34:8The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim [fn]release to them:

Jer 34:9

Jer 34:9that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman; so that no one should keep them, a Jew his brother, in bondage.

Jer 34:10

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

Jer 34:12

Jer 34:12Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jer 34:13

Jer 34:13“Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘I made a covenant with your forefathers in 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 six years, you shall send him out free from you; but your forefathers did not obey Me or 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 man 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 man [fn]took back his male servant and each man his female servant whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male servants and female servants.”’

Jer 34:17

Jer 34:17“Therefore thus says the LORD, ‘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 the LORD, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jer 34:18

Jer 34:18‘I will give the men who have transgressed 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 court officers 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 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.

Jer 34:21

Jer 34:21‘Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has gone away from you.

Jer 34:22

Jer 34:22‘Behold, I am going to 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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NASB95 Footnotes

(34:3)

Literally: mouth to mouth

(34:8)

Or, liberty

(34:14)

Or, has sold himself

(34:15)

Or, liberty

(34:16)

Literally: caused them to return

(34:17)

Or, liberty

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Jeremiah 34 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

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