Jeremiah 34:11
But afterward they turned, 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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 34 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah delivers an oracle to Zedekiah that he will die peacefully despite the city's fall. A later oracle condemns the Jerusalem leaders who freed slaves only to re-enslave them when Babylonian pressure temporarily lifted — breaking the covenant of liberation. …
Other Translations
but afterwards they turned, 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.
and they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.
But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
Cross References
Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, …
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the …
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully …
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell …
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my …
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good …
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s …
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the …