American King James Version
"Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, "
— Jeremiah 34:12, American King James Version
“Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,”
“Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, ”
“Therefore the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,”
“The LORD’s message came to Jeremiah,”
“And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:”
“For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,”
“Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,”
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.
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.
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. ¶
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Thus says 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 slaves, saying,
At the end of seven years let you go every man his brother an Hebrew, which has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers listened not to me, neither inclined their ear.
And you were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: