Jeremiah 34
34:1The word coming to Jeremiah from the lord when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his encamped army, and to all the kingdoms of the earth, to the ones under the dominion of his hand, all the peoples waged war against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah, saying,
34:2Thus said the lord, the God of Israel, Proceed to Zedekiah king of Judah! and you shall say to him, Thus said the lord, In delivering up, I shall deliver up this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall seize it, and shall burn it with fire.
34:3And you in no way shall be delivered from out of his hand; and by seizure you shall be seized, and into his hands you shall be given; and your eyes shall see his eyes and his mouth shall speak with your mouth, and into Babylon you shall enter.
34:4But hear the word of the lord, Zedekiah, O king of Judah! Thus says the lord to you, you shall not die by the broadsword.
34:5In peace you shall die, and as they burned odors for your fathers reigning prior of you, so they shall burn also for you, saying, O Lord. And they shall lament you, for I spoke the word, said the lord.
34:6And Jeremiah spoke to king Zedekiah all these words in Jerusalem.
34:7And the force of the king of Babylon waged war against Jerusalem, and against the cities of Judah, the ones remaining, and against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these were left among the cities of Judah -- fortified cities.
34:8The word coming to Jeremiah by the lord, after the completing by king Zedekiah the covenant with the people, the one in Jerusalem, to call indeed for a release;
34:9for each to send out his manservant, and each his maidservant, the Hebrew man and the Hebrew woman free, so that no man from Judah should slave.
34:10And all the great men heeded, and all the people, the ones entering into the covenant to send each his manservant and each his maidservant free, to not serve any more to them. And they heeded, and let them go.
34:11And they were turned after these things, and they led the bondmen and the maidservants whom they sent free, and they subjected them again as manservants and maidservants.
34:12And came to pass the word of the lord to Jeremiah, saying,
34:13Thus said the lord God of Israel, I ordained a covenant with your fathers in the day in which I rescued them from out of the land of Egypt, from out of the house of slavery, saying,
34:14Whenever six years should be fulfilled, you shall send free your Hebrew brother, who shall be sold to you; and he shall work for you six years, and then you shall send him out free. And they did not hear me, and did not lean their ear.
34:15And they turned today to do the right thing before my eyes, for each to call for a release for his neighbor; and they completed a covenant in front of me, in the house of which my name is called upon in it.
34:16And you turned and profaned my covenant, to return each his manservant, and each his maidservant, whom you sent out as ones free in their soul, and you subjected them again to be to you for manservants and maidservants.
34:17On account of this, thus said the lord, You hearkened not to me to call a release -- each for his brother, and each for his neighbor. Behold, I call a release to you -- to the sword, and to the plague, and to the famine; and I will give you for dispersion unto all the kingdoms of the earth.
34:18And I will give the men, the ones passing my covenant, the ones not establishing my covenant, which they made in front of me, the calf which they cut in two parts, and I went through in the midst of its parts,
34:19of the rulers of Judah, and rulers of Jerusalem, and mighty ones, and priests, and all the people of the land;
34:20and I will give them to their enemies, and into the hand of ones seeking their life. And their decaying flesh will be food to the winged creatures of the heaven, and to the wild beasts of the earth.
34:21And Zedekiah king of Judea, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of ones seeking their life, and into the hands of the force of the king of Babylon -- to the ones running from them.
34:22Behold, I order it, says the lord; and I will return them into this city. And they shall wage war against her, and shall take her, and shall incinerate her in fire; and the cities of Judah -- I will make them for untrodden of ones dwelling.