Jeremiah 34
KJV Easy Read Bible

Zedekiah Warned by God

1The word which came to 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,

2Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

3And you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.   face to face

4Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus says the Lord of you, You shall not die by the sword:

5But you shall die in peace: and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings which were before you, so shall they burn odors for you; and they will lament you, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the Lord.

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

7When 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 defensed cities remained of the cities of Judah.   fortified, walled

Treacherous Treatment of Slaves

8This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;   agreement

9That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, that is, of a Jew his brother.

10Now 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.

11But 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.

12Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

13Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with yourp fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

14At the end of seven years let youp go every man his brother a Hebrew, which has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but yourp fathers hearkened not to Me, neither inclined their ear.   sold himself; listened; listened

15And youp were now turned, and had done right in My sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and youp had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name:

16But youp turned and polluted My name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom youp had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be to youp for servants and for handmaids.

17Therefore thus says the Lord; Youp have not hearkened to Me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for youp, says the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make youp to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.   disease

18And 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 two, and passed between the parts thereof,   violated

19The 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;   castrated court officials

20I 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 to the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

21And 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 youp.

22Behold, I will command, says 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.   ruin





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