Jer 34:8-9 | 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,

b ver. 15, 17; Ex. 21:2; Lev. 25:10; [Isa. 61:1]

Jeremiah 34:8-9

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, 9 ^cthat everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, ^dso that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother.