But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
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Interpretation
A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 34:12-16.