⁸ The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah ^(A)had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem ^(B)to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

¹⁵ You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes ^(A)by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbour, and ^(B)you made a covenant before me in the ^(C)house that is called by my name,

¹⁷ “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me ^(A)by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbour; ^(B)behold, I proclaim to you liberty ^(C)to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. ^(D)I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

^2 (A)When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

¹⁰ And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and ^(A)proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of ^(B)you shall return to his clan.

The Year of the Lord's Favour