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be
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and
have mercy on them.
CHAPTER 34
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the L
ORD
, 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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Thus saith the L
ORD
, the God of Israel; Go
and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the L
ORD
; 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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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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Yet hear the word of the L
ORD
, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the L
ORD
of thee,
Thou shalt not die by the sword:
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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 L
ORD
.
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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 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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This is
the word that came unto Jeremiah from the L
ORD
, 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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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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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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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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Therefore the word of the L
ORD
came to Jeremiah from the L
ORD
, saying,
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Thus saith the
L
ORD
, 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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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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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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But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid, whom ye 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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Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
; Ye
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