Yirmeyah 34:12

12 Therefore the Devar Hashem came to Yirmeyah from Hashem, saying,

Yirmeyah 34:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 34:12

Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the
Lord
The word of Jehovah the Son, from Jehovah the Father, because of this transgression of the princes and people, and as soon as it was committed by them; for it is plain, from ( Jeremiah 34:21 ) , that it was before the Chaldean army returned to Jerusalem, after its departure from it: saying;
as follows:

Yirmeyah 34:12 In-Context

10 Now when all the sarim, and kol HaAm, which had entered into the brit (covenant), heard that every one should set free his eved, and every one his shifchah, that none should keep them in bondage, then they obeyed, and let them go.

11 But afterward they changed their minds, and caused avadim and the shfakhot, whom they had set free, to return, and brought them into subjection for avadim and for shfakhot.

12 Therefore the Devar Hashem came to Yirmeyah from Hashem, saying,

13 Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel; I cut a Brit with avoteichem in the day that I brought them forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, out of the bais avadim, saying,

14 At the end of sheva shanim let ye go free every ish his brother HaIvri, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee shesh shanim, thou shalt let him go chofshi (free) from thee; but avoteichem paid heed not unto Me, neither inclined their ozen.