Jer 34:8, 13-17, Zec 9:11-12, Luk 1:74, 4:16-21, Joh 8:32-36 | ESV | STEP | The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah ^ahad made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem ^bto make a proclamation of liberty to them,

Jeremiah 34:13-17

13 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when ^cI brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying, 14 ^d‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; ^eyou must set him free from your service.’ But ^fyour fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me. 15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes ^gby proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and ^hyou made a covenant before me in the ⁱhouse that is called by my name, 16 but then you turned around ^jand profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, ^kwhom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.

17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me ^lby proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; ^mbehold, I proclaim to you liberty ⁿto the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. ^oI will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Zechariah 9:11-12

11 As for you also, because of ^pthe blood of my covenant with you,
^qI will set your prisoners free from ^rthe waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O ^sprisoners of hope;
today I declare that ^tI will restore to you double.

Luke 1:74

74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^uwithout fear,

Luke 4:16-21

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 ^vAnd he came to ^wNazareth, where he had been brought up. And ^xas was his custom, ^yhe went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up ^zto read. 17 And ^aathe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

18 ^ab“The Spirit of the Lord ^acis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^adproclaim good news to the poor.
^aeHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^afrecovering of sight to the blind,
^agto set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 ^ahto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ^aisat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ^ajfixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today ^akthis Scripture ^alhas been fulfilled in your hearing.”

John 8:32-36

32 and you will ^amknow the truth, and the truth ^anwill set you free.” 33 They answered him, ^ao“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^apeveryone who practices sin is a slave ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 35} to sin. 35 ^arThe slave does not remain in the house forever; ^asthe son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.