Jeremiah 34

1 [the] word which to be to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD and Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and all strength: soldiers his and all kingdom land: country/planet dominion hand: power his and all [the] people to fight upon Jerusalem and upon all city her to/for to say

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.

2 thus to say LORD God Israel to go: went and to say to(wards) Zedekiah king Judah and to say to(wards) him thus to say LORD look! I to give: give [obj] [the] city [the] this in/on/with hand: power king Babylon and to burn her in/on/with fire

The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

3 and you(m. s.) not to escape from hand: power his for to capture to capture and in/on/with hand: power his to give: give and eye your [obj] eye king Babylon to see: see and lip his with lip your to speak: speak and Babylon to come (in): come

And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.

4 surely to hear: hear word LORD Zedekiah king Judah thus to say LORD upon you not to die in/on/with sword

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;

5 in/on/with peace to die and like/as burning father your [the] king [the] first: previous which to be to/for face: before your so to burn to/for you and woe! lord to mourn to/for you for word I to speak: speak utterance LORD

you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

6 and to speak: speak Jeremiah [the] prophet to(wards) Zedekiah king Judah [obj] all [the] word [the] these in/on/with Jerusalem

In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah

7 and strength: soldiers king Babylon to fight upon Jerusalem and upon all city Judah [the] to remain to(wards) Lachish and to(wards) Azekah for they(fem.) to remain in/on/with city Judah city fortification

as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

8 [the] word which to be to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD after to cut: make(covenant) [the] king Zedekiah covenant with all [the] people which in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to call: call out to/for them liberty

After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

9 to/for to send: let go man: anyone [obj] servant/slave his and man: anyone [obj] maidservant his [the] Hebrew and [the] Hebrew free to/for lest to serve in/on/with them in/on/with Jew brother: compatriot his man: anyone

that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.

10 and to hear: obey all [the] ruler and all [the] people which to come (in): come in/on/with covenant to/for to send: let go man: anyone [obj] servant/slave his and man: anyone [obj] maidservant his free to/for lest to serve in/on/with them still and to hear: obey and to send: let go

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,

11 and to return: turn back after so and to return: return [obj] [the] servant/slave and [obj] [the] maidservant which to send: let go free (and to subdue them *Q(K)*) to/for servant/slave and to/for maidservant

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 and to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD to/for to say

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

13 thus to say LORD God Israel I to cut: make(covenant) covenant with father your in/on/with day to come out: send I [obj] them from land: country/planet Egypt from house: household servant/slave to/for to say

“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:

14 from end seven year to send: let go man: anyone [obj] brother: compatriot his [the] Hebrew which to sell to/for you and to serve you six year and to send: let go him free from from with you and not to hear: hear father your to(wards) me and not to stretch [obj] ear their

Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.

15 and to return: repent you(m. p.) [the] day: today and to make: do [obj] [the] upright in/on/with eye my to/for to call: call out liberty man: anyone to/for neighbor his and to cut: make(covenant) covenant to/for face: before my in/on/with house: temple which to call: call by name my upon him

Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.

16 and to return: turn back and to profane/begin: profane [obj] name my and to return: rescue man: anyone [obj] servant/slave his and man: anyone [obj] maidservant his which to send: let go free to/for soul: appetite their and to subdue [obj] them to/for to be to/for you to/for servant/slave and to/for maidservant

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.

17 to/for so thus to say LORD you(m. p.) not to hear: obey to(wards) me to/for to call: call out liberty man: anyone to/for brother: male-sibling his and man: anyone to/for neighbor his look! I to call: call out to/for you liberty utterance LORD to(wards) [the] sword to(wards) [the] pestilence and to(wards) [the] famine and to give: make [obj] you (to/for horror *Q(K)*) to/for all kingdom [the] land: country/planet

Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

18 and to give: make [obj] [the] human [the] to pass: trespass [obj] covenant my which not to arise: establish [obj] word: promised [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) to/for face: before my [the] calf which to cut: cut to/for two and to pass between part his

And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.

19 ruler Judah and ruler Jerusalem [the] eunuch and [the] priest and all people [the] land: country/planet [the] to pass between part [the] calf

The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,

20 and to give: give [obj] them in/on/with hand: power enemy their and in/on/with hand: power to seek soul: life their and to be carcass their to/for food to/for bird [the] heaven and to/for animal [the] land: country/planet

I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

21 and [obj] Zedekiah king Judah and [obj] ruler his to give: give in/on/with hand: power enemy their and in/on/with hand: power to seek soul: life their and in/on/with hand: power strength: soldiers king Babylon [the] to ascend: rise from upon you

And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

22 look! I to command utterance LORD and to return: return them to(wards) [the] city [the] this and to fight upon her and to capture her and to burn her in/on/with fire and [obj] city Judah to give: make devastation from nothing to dwell

Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”