Jeremiah 34:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ The prophet Jeremiah revealed all these things to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in Jerusalem ⁷ while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah,^[a] for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that were still standing.

The Broken Promise. ⁸ This word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to issue a proclamation of freedom for their slaves.