Jeremiah 34:16 meaning and explanation
But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
Jeremiah 34:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem during Babylon's siege. Zedekiah had made a covenant to free Hebrew slaves, and the officials obeyed at first, releasing them as the Law of Moses required every seventh year.
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