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Jeremiah 34

Jer. 34:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This is the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
that came unto Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
from the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
that the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Zedekiah
Tsidqiyah (Hebrew #6667)
from 6664 and 3050; right of Jah; Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
KJV usage: Zedekiah, Zidkijah.
Pronounce: tsid-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Tsidqiyahuw {tsid-kee-yaw'-hoo}
had made
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
a covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
with all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
which were at Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
, to proclaim
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
liberty
drowr (Hebrew #1865)
freedom; hence, spontaneity of outflow, and so clear
KJV usage: liberty, pure.
Pronounce: der-ore'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to move rapidly)
g unto them;
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Lev. 25:10• 10And ye shall hallow the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all the inhabitants thereof: a jubilee shall it be to you, and ye shall return [every] man to his possession, and ye shall return [every] man to his family. (Lev. 25:10)

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Zedekiah

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2 Kings 11:17• 17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; between the king also and the people. (2 Kings 11:17)
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2 Kings 23:2‑3• 2{i}And{/i} the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
 3And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. (2 Kings 23:2‑3)
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2 Chron. 15:12‑15• 12{i}And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,{/i}
 13{i}and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.{/i}
 14{i}And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.{/i}
 15{i}And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.{/i} (2 Chron. 15:12‑15)
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2 Chron. 23:16• 16{i}And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 23:16)
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2 Chron. 29:10• 10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with Jehovah God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. (2 Chron. 29:10)
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2 Chron. 34:30‑33• 30{i}And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.{/i}
 31{i}And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.{/i}
 32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
 33{i}And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, —to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.{/i} (2 Chron. 34:30‑33)
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Neh. 9:38• 38{i}And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests are at the sealing.{/i} (Neh. 9:38)
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Neh. 10:1‑27• 1{i}And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah.{/i}
 2{i}—Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,{/i}
 3{i}Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,{/i}
 4{i}Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,{/i}
 5{i}Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,{/i}
 6{i}Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,{/i}
 7{i}Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,{/i}
 8{i}Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.{/i}
 9{i}—And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the sons of Henadad; Kadmiel,{/i}
 10{i}and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,{/i}
 11{i}Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,{/i}
 12{i}Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,{/i}
 13{i}Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.{/i}
 14{i}—The chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,{/i}
 15{i}Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,{/i}
 16{i}Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,{/i}
 17{i}Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,{/i}
 18{i}Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,{/i}
 19{i}Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,{/i}
 20{i}Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,{/i}
 21{i}Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,{/i}
 22{i}Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,{/i}
 23{i}Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,{/i}
 24{i}Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,{/i}
 25{i}Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,{/i}
 26{i}and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,{/i}
 27{i}Malluch, Harim, Baanah.{/i} (Neh. 10:1‑27)
to proclaim.
Jer. 34:14,17• 14{i}At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother, a Hebrew, who hath sold himself unto thee; when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee. But your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.{/i}
 17Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Jer. 34:14,17)
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Ex. 21:2‑4• 2{i}If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing{/i}.
 3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
 4If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. (Ex. 21:2‑4)
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Ex. 23:10‑11• 10{i}And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;{/i}
 11{i}but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat of it; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.{/i} (Ex. 23:10‑11)
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Lev. 25:10,39‑46• 10And ye shall hallow the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all the inhabitants thereof: a jubilee shall it be to you, and ye shall return [every] man to his possession, and ye shall return [every] man to his family.
 39And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold to thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant:
 40as a hired servant, as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; until the year of jubilee he shall serve with thee.
 41And he shall go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his father he shall return.
 42For they [are] my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as they sell bondmen.
 43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, and thou shalt fear thy God.
 44And thy bondmen and thy bondmaids whom thou shalt have—of the nations that are round about you—of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
 45Moreover of the children of those that dwell as sojourners with you, of them shall ye buy and of their families that [are] with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall be your possession.
 46And ye shall make them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit as a possession: these ye shall make your bondmen forever; but your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor. (Lev. 25:10,39‑46)
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Deut. 15:12• 12{i}If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.{/i} (Deut. 15:12)
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Neh. 5:1‑13• 1{i}And there was a great{/i} cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
 2{i}And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.{/i}
 3{i}And there were that said,{/i} We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards and houses that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
 4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters {i}to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.{/i}
 6{i}And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.{/i}
 7{i}And I consulted with myself; and I{/i} rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
 8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye, even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
 9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
 10{i}I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.{/i}
 11{i}Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.{/i}
 12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise.
 13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise. (Neh. 5:1‑13)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound; (Isa. 61:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them:

W. Kelly Translation

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The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them:

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)