Jeremiah 34:14
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Note hath been…: or, hath sold himself
At the end of seven years, every man of you shall release his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years. You shall let him go free from you. But your fathers didn’t listen to me, and didn’t incline their ear.
At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- At the
- Jeremiah 34:8, 9; Exodus 21:1–4; Exodus 23:10, 11; Deuteronomy 15:12; 1 Kings 9:22; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Isaiah 58:6; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6
- been sold
- or, sold himself.
- 1 Kings 21:25; Isaiah 50:1; Romans 7:14–17, 24
- but
- It appears from this and several other passages, that the sabbatical year had been wholly neglected some centuries before the captivity; and the author of the second book of Chronicles (ch. 36:21) assigns this as a reason for the captivity, "that the land might enjoy her sabbaths." Now, if we reckon the seventy years' captivity as a punishment for this neglect, it will follow that the law on this subject had been disregarded for about 490 years.
- Jeremiah 7:25, 26; Jeremiah 11:8–10; Jeremiah 32:30; 1 Samuel 8:7, 8; 2 Kings 17:13, 14; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:30; Ezekiel 20:4, 8; Zechariah 7:11, 12