Jer.34.8

Jeremiah 34:8

KJV

¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

Cross References

Exodus 21:2

KJV GOD

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Hebrew Servants

Leviticus 25:10

KJV GOD

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

The Year of Jubilee

Leviticus 25:39

KJV GOD

¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Redemption of Bondmen

2 Kings 11:17

KJV

¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’S people; between the king also and the people.

Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD

2 Kings 23:2

KJV

And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.

Josiah Renews the Covenant

2 Kings 23:3

KJV

¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

Josiah Renews the Covenant

Nehemiah 5:1

KJV

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed

Isaiah 58:6

KJV GOD

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

True Fasts and Sabbaths

Observances of Fasts

Jeremiah 34:14

KJV GOD

At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

Jeremiah 34:15

KJV GOD

And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

Jeremiah 34:17

KJV GOD

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.