Jeremiah 34:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

Cross References

2 Kings 11:17

Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, that they should be the Lord’s people; also between the king and the people.

2 Chronicles 23:16

Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord’s people.

2 Chronicles 29:10

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

Nehemiah 9:38

Because of all this we make a firm agreement in writing, and on that sealed document are inscribed the names of our officials, our Levites, and our priests.

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners,

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by granting a release to your neighbors and friends; I am going to grant a release to you, says the Lord—a release to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 25:10

And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you: you shall return, every one of you, to your property and every one of you to your family.

Deuteronomy 15:12

“If a member of your community, whether a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and works for you six years, in the seventh year you shall set that person free.