¹⁵ A short time ago you ·changed your hearts [repented] and did what ·I say is right [^Lwas right in my eyes]. ·Each of you gave freedom [^L…to proclaim liberty/emancipation] to his fellow Hebrews who were slaves. And you even ·made [^Lcut] an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] before me in the place ·where I have chosen to be worshiped [^Lcalled by my name]. ¹⁶ But now you have ·changed your minds [turned around]. You have ·shown you do not honor [profaned; dishonored] me. Each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free, and you have forced them to become your slaves again.

¹⁷ “So this is what the Lord says: You have not ·obeyed [listened to] me. You have not ·given freedom [proclaimed liberty/emancipation] to your fellow Hebrews, neither ·relatives [brothers] nor ·friends [neighbors]. But now I will ·give freedom [proclaim liberty/emancipation to you], says the Lord, to ·war [^Lthe sword], to ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence], and to ·hunger [famine]. I will make you ·hated by [a horror to] all the kingdoms of the earth.