Jeremiah 34:14
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.
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
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.
At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear.
At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.
Cross References
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her …
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: …
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; …
And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: …
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt …
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, …
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, …
Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn …