1This is the word that came to Jeremiah…
2The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah…
3And you yourself will not escape his grasp,…
4Yet hear the word of the LORD, O…
5you will die in peace. As spices were…
6In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all…
7as the army of the king of Babylon…
8After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with…
9that each man should free his Hebrew slaves,…
10So all the officials and all the people…
11but later they changed their minds and took…
12Then the word of the LORD came to…
13“This is what the LORD, the God of…
14Every seventh year, each of you must free…
15Recently you repented and did what pleased Me;…
16But now you have changed your minds and…
17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You…
18And those who have transgressed My covenant and…
19The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court…
20I will deliver into the hands of their…
21And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah…
22Behold, I am going to give the command,…
