1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:
2 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedeki'ah 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 shall burn it with fire.
3 You shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand; you shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you shall go to Babylon.'
4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedeki'ah king of Judah! Thus says the LORD concerning you: `You shall not die by the sword.
5 You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so men shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, "Alas, lord!"' For I have spoken the word, says the LORD."
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedeki'ah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
7 when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Aze'kah; for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.
8 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedeki'ah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,
9 that every one should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother.
10 And they obeyed, all the princes and all the people who had entered into the covenant that every one would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again; they obeyed and set them free.
11 But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves.
12 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
13 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
14 `At the end of six years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.' But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name;
16 but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.
17 Therefore, thus says the LORD: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, says the LORD. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant which they made before me, I will make like the calf which they cut in two and passed between its parts --
19 the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf;
20 and I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives. Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
21 And Zedeki'ah king of Judah, and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.
22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and will bring them back to this city; and they will fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant."
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 34:
Jeremiah 34 describes God's message to King Zedekiah and the leaders of Judah to free their Hebrew slaves according to God's law. The chapter also shows their disobedience and the consequent divine punishment. Here are five verses related to the topics addressed in Jeremiah 34:
Leviticus 25:39-40: "If your brother impoverishes and sells some part of his possession, then he who has the power to rescue what his brother has sold, do so. And if the man has no one to rescue. But he himself reaches a lot to the ransom, "this verse is part of God's laws on slave liberation and the restitution of properties. These laws were violated by Judah's leaders in Jeremiah 34.
Deuteronomy 15:12-13: "When your Hebrew brother or your sister Hebrea sells to you, six years will serve, but by the seventh year you will say the lining." This is another example of God's laws on the liberation of slaves, and the need to respect them. These laws were violated by Judah's leaders in Jeremiah 34.
Deuteronomy 28:48: "Therefore, thou shalt serve your enemies that the Lord will send against you, hungry, and thirst, and with nudity, and lacking everything; and over your neck there will be an iron yoke until you will has destroyed. " This verse describes the consequence of disobedience to God's laws, such as the violation of laws on the liberation of slaves in Jeremiah 34.
Jeremiah 22:13: "Woe to him who builds his home with injustice, and his rooms without right, who serves the service of his neighbor without remunerating him, and does not give him the salary of his work." This verse is similar to the message of Jeremiah 34, for it speaks of those who exploit others without paying fair wages, thus violating the laws of God.
Jeremiah 7:5-6: "But your paths and your works are really amended, you are very much to perform justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the foreigner, and the orphan, and the widow, nor spill blood Innocent in this place, not even walking after other gods for your own evil, "this verse is part of the general message of Jeremiah, which is the need to obey the laws of God and do what is just and correct. This includes the need to free the Hebrew slaves, as described in Jeremiah 34.
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