Jeremias 34:11

11 Mas depois se arrependeram, e fizeram voltar os escravos e as escravas que haviam libertado, e tornaram a escravizá-los.

Jeremias 34:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 34:11

But afterwards they turned
From the law of God, and their own agreement, and returned to their former usage of their servants; they changed their minds and measures. This seems to be done, when the king of Babylon, hearing the king of Egypt was coming to break up the siege of Jerusalem, quitted it, and went forth to meet him, as appears from ( Jeremiah 34:21 ) ( 37:5 ) ; the Jews now finding themselves at liberty, and out of danger as they imagined, wickedly rebelled against the law of God; perfidiously broke their own covenant, repenting of what they had done, and returned to their former ways of oppression and cruelty; which shows they were not hearty and sincere in their covenant: and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free,
to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for
handmaids;
which was done by force, contrary to the will of their servants and handmaids, and in violation of the law of God, and their own solemn oath and covenant.

Jeremias 34:11 In-Context

9 para que cada um libertasse o seu escravo, e cada um a sua escrava, hebreu ou hebréia, de maneira que ninguém se servisse mais dos judeus, seus irmãos, como escravos.
10 E obedeceram todos os príncipes e todo o povo que haviam entrado no pacto de libertarem cada qual o seu escravo, e cada qual a sua escrava, de maneira a não se servirem mais deles, sim, obedeceram e os libertaram.
11 Mas depois se arrependeram, e fizeram voltar os escravos e as escravas que haviam libertado, e tornaram a escravizá-los.
12 Veio, pois, a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, da parte do Senhor, dizendo:
13 Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Eu fiz um pacto com vossos pais, no dia em que os tirei da terra do Egito, da casa da servidão, dizendo:
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