Jeremiah 34:17
Therefore this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the Lord—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Note to be…: Heb. for a removing
Therefore the Lord says: “You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,” says the Lord, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- behold
- When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them.
- Leviticus 26:34, 35; Deuteronomy 19:19; Judges 1:6, 7; Esther 7:10; Daniel 6:24; Matthew 7:2; Luke 6:37, 38; Galatians 6:7; James 2:13; Revelation 16:6
- to the sword
- Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 32:24, 36; Jeremiah 47:6, 7; Ezekiel 14:17–21
- I will
- Jeremiah 15:4; Jeremiah 24:9, 10; Jeremiah 29:18; Deuteronomy 28:25, 64
- to be removed
- Heb. for a removing.
- Lamentations 1:8