24:034:005 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 lord.
24:034:006 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these
words unto Zedekiah
king
of Judah in Jerusalem,
24:034:007 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.
24:034:008 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah
from the lord, after
that
the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the
people
which
were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
24:034:009 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.
24:034:010 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.
24:034:011 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.
24:034:012 Therefore the word of the lord came
to Jeremiah from the lord,
saying,
24:034:013 Thus saith the lord, 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,
24:034:014 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.
24:034:015 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:
24:034:016 But ye turned and polluted my name, and
caused every man his
servant,
and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at
liberty
at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection,
to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.


