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14 (A)‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; (B)you must set him free from your service.’ But (C)your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me. 15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes (D)by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbour, and (E)you made a covenant before me in the (F)house that is called by my name, 16 but then you turned round (G)and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, (H)whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.

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