Jeremiah 34:8

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Summary

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;

Had

To proclaim

Isaiah 61:1

Bible References

Had

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD's people, and also between the king and the people.

And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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

And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the LORD's people.

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

And the king went up to the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

"Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.

"On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,

To proclaim

'At the end of seven 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.

When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,

And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.

"If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;