Jeremiah 34:11
9 that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
10 So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
13 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
- KJV
- But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
- WEB
- but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go free to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
- ASV
- but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
- DARBY
- But afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.
- BLB
- And they turned around after thus, the menservants and the maidservants made return whom they had sent forth free, and they subjected them as menservants and as maidservants.
- ÅB
- Men siden gjorde de det om igjen; de tok tilbake de slaver og slavekvinner som de hadde gitt fri, og tvang dem til å være slaver og slavekvinner igjen.
- OTB
- Men senere ombestemte de seg og tok tilbake slavene de hadde frigjort, og tvang dem inn i trelldom igjen.
- B1930
- Men siden gjorde de det om igjen; de tok tilbake de træler og trælkvinner som de hadde gitt fri, og tvang dem til å være træler og trælkvinner igjen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Peter 2:20–22
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
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When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
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When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Read in contextProverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Read in contextExodus 8:8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
Read in contextExodus 9:34–35
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
Read in contextRomans 2:4–5
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
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Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
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