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World English Bible

Jeremiah 34 (WEBP)

[1] The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with all his army, all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying:
[2] “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Yahweh says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.
[3] You won’t escape out of his hand, but will surely be taken and delivered into his hand. Your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with you mouth to mouth. You will go to Babylon.”’
[4] “Yet hear Yahweh’s word, O Zedekiah king of Judah. Yahweh says concerning you, ‘You won’t die by the sword.
[5] You will die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will make a burning for you. They will lament you, saying, “Ah Lord!” for I have spoken the word,’ says Yahweh.”
[6] Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
[7] when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
[8] The word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,
[9] that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.
[10] All the princes and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant and everyone his female servant go free, that no one should make bondservants of them any more. They obeyed and let them go,
[11] 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.
[12] Therefore Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
[13] “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying:
[14] At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you. But your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear.
[15] You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor. You had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name;
[16] but you turned and profaned my name, and every man caused his servant and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return. You brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.’”
[17] Therefore Yahweh says: “You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,” says Yahweh, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
[18] I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts:
[19] the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf.
[20] I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
[21] “I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hands of their enemies, into the hands of those who seek their life and into the hands of the king of Babylon’s army, who has gone away from you.
[22] Behold, I will command,” says Yahweh, “and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it, take it, and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 34 (KJVS)

[1] The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
[2] Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
[3] and thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
[4] Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
[5] but thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.
[6] Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
[7] when the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
[8] 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;
[9] that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
[10] Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
[11] 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.
[12] Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
[13] Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
[14] 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.
[15] 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:
[16] but ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
[17] 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.
[18] And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
[19] the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
[20] I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
[21] And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.
[22] Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 34:1 Heb. the dominion of his hand
Jeremiah 34:3 Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth
Jeremiah 34:14 Or, hath sold himself
Jeremiah 34:15a Heb. today
Jeremiah 34:15b Heb. whereupon my name is called
Jeremiah 34:17 Heb. for a removing

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 34 (BYZ)

[1] Ὁ () λόγος () ὁ () γενόμενος () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () παρὰ () κυρίου, () καὶ () Ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλεὺς () Βαβυλῶνος () καὶ () πᾶν () τὸ () στρατόπεδον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ () ἀρχῆς () αὐτοῦ () ἐπολέμουν () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () πάσας () τὰς () πόλεις () Ιουδα, λέγων ()
[2] Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Βάδισον πρὸς () Σεδεκιαν βασιλέα () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐρεῖς () αὐτῷ () Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Παραδόσει () παραδοθήσεται () ἡ () πόλις () αὕτη () εἰς () χεῖρας () βασιλέως () Βαβυλῶνος, () καὶ () συλλήμψεται () αὐτὴν () καὶ () καύσει () αὐτὴν () ἐν () πυρί· ()
[3] καὶ () σὺ () οὐ () μὴ () σωθῇς () ἐκ () χειρὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () συλλήμψει συλλημφθήσῃ () καὶ () εἰς () χεῖρας () αὐτοῦ () δοθήσῃ, () καὶ () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () σου () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτοῦ () ὄψονται, () καὶ () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ () μετὰ () τοῦ () στόματός () σου () λαλήσει, () καὶ () εἰς () Βαβυλῶνα () εἰσελεύσῃ. ()
[4] Ἀλλὰ () ἄκουσον () τὸν () λόγον () κυρίου, () Σεδεκια βασιλεῦ () Ιουδα Οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος ()
[5] Ἐν () εἰρήνῃ () ἀποθανῇ, () καὶ () ὡς () ἔκλαυσαν () τοὺς () πατέρας () σου () τοὺς () βασιλεύσαντας () πρότερόν σου, () κλαύσονται () καὶ () σὲ () καὶ () Ὦ () αδων κόψονταί () σε· () ὅτι () λόγον () ἐγὼ () ἐλάλησα, () εἶπεν () κύριος. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () Ιερεμιας () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Σεδεκιαν πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ· ()
[7] καὶ () ἡ () δύναμις () βασιλέως () Βαβυλῶνος () ἐπολέμει () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () Ιουδα, ἐπὶ () Λαχις καὶ () ἐπὶ () Αζηκα, ὅτι () αὗται () κατελείφθησαν () ἐν () πόλεσιν () Ιουδα πόλεις () ὀχυραί.
[8] Ὁ () λόγος () ὁ () γενόμενος () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () παρὰ () κυρίου () μετὰ () τὸ () συντελέσαι () τὸν () βασιλέα () Σεδεκιαν διαθήκην () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () τοῦ () καλέσαι () ἄφεσιν ()
[9] τοῦ () ἐξαποστεῖλαι () ἕκαστον () τὸν () παῖδα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἕκαστον () τὴν () παιδίσκην () αὐτοῦ () τὸν () Εβραῖον () καὶ () τὴν () Εβραίαν ἐλευθέρους () πρὸς () τὸ () μὴ () δουλεύειν () ἄνδρα () ἐξ () Ιουδα,
[10] καὶ () ἐπεστράφησαν () πάντες () οἱ () μεγιστᾶνες () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () οἱ () εἰσελθόντες () ἐν () τῇ () διαθήκῃ () τοῦ () ἀποστεῖλαι () ἕκαστον () τὸν () παῖδα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἕκαστον () τὴν () παιδίσκην () αὐτοῦ ()
[11] καὶ () ἔωσαν () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () παῖδας () καὶ () παιδίσκας. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () λέγων ()
[13] Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Ἐγὼ () ἐθέμην () διαθήκην () πρὸς () τοὺς () πατέρας () ὑμῶν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () ᾗ () ἐξειλάμην () αὐτοὺς () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου () ἐξ () οἴκου () δουλείας, () λέγων ()
[14] Ὅταν () πληρωθῇ () ἓξ () ἔτη, () ἀποστελεῖς () τὸν () ἀδελφόν () σου () τὸν () Εβραῖον, () ὃς () πραθήσεταί () σοι· () καὶ () ἐργᾶταί () σοι () ἓξ () ἔτη, () καὶ () ἐξαποστελεῖς () αὐτὸν () ἐλεύθερον. () Καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσάν () μου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔκλιναν () τὸ () οὖς () αὐτῶν. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψαν () σήμερον () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () εὐθὲς πρὸ () ὀφθαλμῶν () μου () τοῦ () καλέσαι () ἄφεσιν () ἕκαστον () τοῦ () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () συνετέλεσαν () διαθήκην () κατὰ () πρόσωπόν () μου () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ, () οὗ () ἐπεκλήθη () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐπεστρέψατε () καὶ () ἐβεβηλώσατε () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () τοῦ () ἐπιστρέψαι () ἕκαστον () τὸν () παῖδα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἕκαστον () τὴν () παιδίσκην () αὐτοῦ, () οὓς () ἐξαπεστείλατε () ἐλευθέρους () τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτῶν, () ὑμῖν () εἰς () παῖδας () καὶ () παιδίσκας. ()
[17] Διὰ () τοῦτο () οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ὑμεῖς () οὐκ () ἠκούσατέ () μου () τοῦ () καλέσαι () ἄφεσιν () ἕκαστος () πρὸς () τὸν () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ· () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () καλῶ () ἄφεσιν () ὑμῖν () εἰς () μάχαιραν () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () θάνατον () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () λιμὸν () καὶ () δώσω () ὑμᾶς () εἰς () διασπορὰν () πάσαις () ταῖς () βασιλείαις () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[18] Καὶ () δώσω () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () τοὺς () παρεληλυθότας () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου () τοὺς () μὴ () στήσαντας () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου, () ἣν () ἐποίησαν () κατὰ () πρόσωπόν () μου, () τὸν () μόσχον () ὃν () ἐποίησαν () ἐργάζεσθαι () αὐτῷ, ()
[19] τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () Ιουδα καὶ () τοὺς () δυνάστας () καὶ () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () τὸν () λαόν, ()
[20] καὶ () δώσω () αὐτοὺς () τοῖς () ἐχθροῖς () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἔσται () τὰ () θνησιμαῖα αὐτῶν () βρῶσις () τοῖς () πετεινοῖς τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () τοῖς () θηρίοις () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[21] Καὶ () τὸν () Σεδεκιαν βασιλέα () τῆς () Ιουδαίας () καὶ () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () αὐτῶν () δώσω () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () δύναμις () βασιλέως () Βαβυλῶνος () τοῖς () ἀποτρέχουσιν ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[22] Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () συντάσσω, () φησὶν () κύριος, () καὶ () ἐπιστρέψω () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην, () καὶ () πολεμήσουσιν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () καὶ () λήμψονται () αὐτὴν () καὶ () κατακαύσουσιν () αὐτὴν () ἐν () πυρὶ () καὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () Ιουδα, καὶ () δώσω () αὐτὰς () ἐρήμους () ἀπὸ () κατοικούντων. ()

Jeremiah 34:1 Originally verse 41:1.
Jeremiah 34:2 Originally verse 41:2.
Jeremiah 34:3 Originally verse 41:3.
Jeremiah 34:4 Originally verse 41:4.
Jeremiah 34:5 Originally verse 41:5.
Jeremiah 34:6 Originally verse 41:6.
Jeremiah 34:7 Originally verse 41:7.
Jeremiah 34:8 Originally verse 41:8.
Jeremiah 34:9 Originally verse 41:9.
Jeremiah 34:10 Originally verse 41:10.
Jeremiah 34:11 Originally verse 41:11.
Jeremiah 34:12 Originally verse 41:12.
Jeremiah 34:13 Originally verse 41:13.
Jeremiah 34:14 Originally verse 41:14.
Jeremiah 34:15 Originally verse 41:15.
Jeremiah 34:16 Originally verse 41:16.
Jeremiah 34:17 Originally verse 41:17.
Jeremiah 34:18 Originally verse 41:18.
Jeremiah 34:19 Originally verse 41:19.
Jeremiah 34:20 Originally verse 41:20.
Jeremiah 34:21 Originally verse 41:21.
Jeremiah 34:22 Originally verse 41:22.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.