Jeremiah 34:8 “After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusal…”

Jeremiah 34:8

After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,

American Standard Version

The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

Geneva Bible 1599

This is the worde that came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, after that the King Zedekiah had made a couenant with all the people, which were at Ierusalem, to proclaime libertie vnto them,

Darby Translation

The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them:

Young's Literal Translation

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the making by the king Zedekiah of a covenant with all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, to proclaim to them liberty,

Bible in Basic English

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;

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Cross references

“had”

2 Kings 11:17 2 Chronicles 15:12–15 2 Chronicles 23:16 2 Chronicles 29:10 2 Chronicles 34:30–33 2 Kings 23:2

2 Kings 11:17 · BSB

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

2 Chronicles 15:12–15 · BSB

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 23:16 · BSB

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

2 Chronicles 29:10 · BSB

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

2 Chronicles 34:30–33 · BSB

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Cove…

2 Kings 23:2 · BSB

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Cov…

“to proclaim”

Leviticus 25:10 Jeremiah 34:17 Leviticus 25:39–46 Nehemiah 5:1–13 Isaiah 61:1 Exodus 21:2–4

Leviticus 25:10 · BSB

So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.

Jeremiah 34:17 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword,…

Leviticus 25:39–46 · BSB

If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

Nehemiah 5:1–13 · BSB

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Exodus 21:2–4 · BSB

If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

9that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.

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