Jeremiah 34:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The word which 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

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.

2 Chronicles 23:16

And 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, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

Nehemiah 9:38

Because of all this we make a firm covenant and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests set their seal to it.

Isaiah 58:6

“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs 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 to bring good tidings to the afflicted; 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;

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, says the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 25:10

And you shall hallow 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 family.

Deuteronomy 15:12

“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.