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 the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD 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 God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, Levites, and priests, seal it.

Now those that sealed it were, Nehemiah, the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

To proclaim

At the end of seven years let you go every man his brother, a Hebrew, who has been sold unto you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

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

And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits of it:

And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and you shall return every man unto his possession, and you shall return every man unto his family.

And if your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;