Jeremiah 34:8

Zedekiah's Covenant Concerning Slaves

⁷ He did this while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the cities of Lachish and Azekah. He was attacking these cities because they were the only fortified cities of Judah which were still holding out. ⁸ The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their slaves their freedom. ⁹ Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.

From the Lord

Proclaim Liberty

Proclaim Freedom

Proclaim Release

Made A Covenant

Jehovah

Jeremiah

Jerusalem

Zedekiah

Leviticus 25:10

So you must consecrate the fiftieth year, and you must proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants. That year will be your jubilee; each one of you must return to his property and each one of you must return to his clan.

2 Kings 11:17

Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord.

Jeremiah 34:17

So I, the Lord, say: "You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you.

Leviticus 25:39-46

"'If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

2 Kings 23:2-3

The king went up to the Lord's temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord's temple.

Nehemiah 5:1-13

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

Exodus 21:2-4

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

Exodus 23:10-11

"For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.

Deuteronomy 15:12

If your fellow Hebrew -- whether male or female -- is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free.

2 Chronicles 15:12-15

They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

2 Chronicles 23:16

Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

2 Chronicles 34:30-33

The king went up to the Lord's temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord's temple.

Nehemiah 9:38-27

"Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document."

Jeremiah 34:14-15

"Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free." But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.