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Jeremiah 34:10-12
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 34:10-12
Contemporary English Version
The People Break a Promise
8-10 King Zedekiah,[a] his officials, and everyone else in Jerusalem made an agreement to free all Hebrew[b] men and women who were slaves. No Jew would keep another as a slave. And so, all the Jewish slaves were given their freedom.
11 But those slave owners changed their minds and forced their former slaves back into slavery.
12 That's when the Lord told me to say to the people:
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Jeremiah 34:10-12
New International Version
Jeremiah 34:10-12
New International Version
10 So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free. 11 But afterward they changed their minds(A) and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
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