Jeremiah 34 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ The word which came to Yirmeyahu from יהוה, when Neḇ

² “Thus said יהוה  the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

³ and you shall not escape out of his hand, but certainly be taken and given into his hand. And your eyes shall see the eyes of the sovereign of Baḇ

⁴ “But hear the word of יהוה, O Tsiḏ

⁵ ‘In peace you are to die, and as in the burnings of spices for your fathers, the former sovereigns who were before you, so they shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, master!” ’ For I have spoken the word,” declares יהוה.

⁶ And Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke all these words to Tsiḏ

⁷ while the sovereign of Baḇ

⁸ The word which came to Yirmeyahu from יהוה, after Sovereign Tsiḏ

⁹ that everyone was to set free his male and female slave, the Heḇ

¹⁰ And when all the heads and all the people who had come into the covenant heard that each one was to set free his male and female slaves, and not keep them enslaved any longer, they obeyed and released them.

¹¹ But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.

¹² Therefore the word of יהוה  came to Yirmeyahu from יהוה, saying,

¹³ “Thus said יהוה  the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁴ “At the end of seven years each one should set free his Heḇ

¹⁵ ‘And you recently turned and did what was right in My eyes, each man proclaiming release to his neighbour. And you made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My Name.

¹⁶ ‘But you turned back and profaned My Name, and each one of you took back his male and female slaves, whom he had set free, at their pleasure, and brought them into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’

¹⁷ “Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release, each one to his brother and each one to his neighbour. See, I am proclaiming release to you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the scarcity of food! And I shall make you a horror to all reigns of the earth.

¹⁸ ‘And I shall give the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it:

¹⁹ the heads of Yehuḏ

²⁰ ‘And I shall give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their corpses shall be for food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.

²¹ ‘And I shall give Tsiḏ

²² ‘See, I am commanding,’ declares יהוה, ‘and shall bring them back to this city, and they shall fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. And I shall make the cities of Yehuḏ