Jeremiah 34:6
King James VersionSource notes
“Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,”
Context
3And 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.
4Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
5thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn for thee; and they will lament thee, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
6Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7When 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.
8the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
9That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, of a Jew his brother.