Jeremiah 34:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free and brought them again into subjection as slaves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ But afterward they turned around and caused the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go free to return [to their former masters] and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

Common English Bible

¹¹ But afterward they broke their promise, took back the men and women they had freed, and enslaved them again.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ But later on, they turned back. And they took back again their man servants and their woman servants, whom they had released to be free. And they subjugated them as male and female servants.

Jeremiah 34:11 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.

Hosea 7:16

They turn to that which does not profit; they have become like a defective bow; their officials shall fall by the sword because of the rage of their tongue. So much for their babbling in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 6:4

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.

Jeremiah 37:5

Meanwhile, the army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 34:21

And as for King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials, I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon, which has withdrawn from you.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 36:3

The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.

1 Samuel 26:21

Then Saul said, “I have done wrong; come back, my son David, for I will never harm you again, because my life was precious in your sight today; I have been a fool and have made a great mistake.”

1 Samuel 24:19

For who has ever found an enemy and sent the enemy safely away? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord! Enough of God’s thunder and hail! I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:8

Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Jeremiah 34:10

And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that all would set free their slaves, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again; they obeyed and set them free.

Jeremiah 34:12

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Jeremiah 34:16

but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back your male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them again into subjection to be your slaves.