Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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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 34:17-21.