1The worde which came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord (when Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, and all his hoste, and all the kingdomes of the earth, that were vnder the power of his hand, and all people fought against Ierusalem, and against all the cites thereof) saying,

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Jeremiah 1:15, Jeremiah 1:15, 2 Kings 25:1, 2 Kings 25:9, Daniel 2:37

2Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, Goe, and speake to Zedekiah King of Iudah, and tell him, Thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I will giue this citie into the hand of the King of Babel, and he shall burne it with fire,

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Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 32:3

3And thou shall not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and deliuered into his hand, and thine eyes shall beholde the face of the King of Babel, and he shall speake with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babel.

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Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 21:7, 2 Kings 25:4

4Yet heare the worde of the Lord, O Zedekiah, King of Iudah: thus sayth the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not dye by the sword,

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5But thou shalt die in peace: and according to the burning for thy fathers the former Kings which were before thee, so shall they burne odours for thee, and they shall lament thee, saying, Oh lorde: for I haue pronounced the worde, sayth the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 16:14, Jeremiah 22:18, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Jeremiah 22:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19

6Then Ieremiah the Prophet spake all these words vnto Zedekiah King of Iudah in Ierusalem,

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1 Samuel 15:16, 1 Samuel 15:24, 1 Samuel 3:18, 1 Samuel 15:16, 1 Samuel 15:24

7(When the King of Babels hoste fought against Ierusalem, and against all the cities of Iudah, that were left, euen against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these strong cities remained of the cities of Iudah)

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Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:3, Jeremiah 4:5, 2 Kings 18:13, 2 Kings 18:14

8This is the worde that came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, after that the King Zedekiah had made a couenant with all the people, which were at Ierusalem, to proclaime libertie vnto them,

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Leviticus 25:10, Leviticus 25:10, 2 Kings 23:2, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Kings 11:17

9That euery man should let his seruant go free, and euery man his handmayde, which was an Ebrue or an Ebruesse, and that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iewe his brother.

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2 Corinthians 11:22, Exodus 3:18, Philippians 3:5, Jeremiah 34:10, Genesis 14:13

10Now when all the princes, and all the people which had agreed to the couenant, heard that euery one should let his seruant go free, and euery one his handmaide, and that none should serue them selues of them any more, they obeyed and let them go.

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Jeremiah 26:16, Jeremiah 26:10, Jeremiah 26:16, Jeremiah 26:10, Jeremiah 3:10

11But afterwarde they repented and caused the seruants and the handmayds, whom they had let go free, to returne, and helde them in subiection as seruants and handmayds.

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2 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 2:22, 2 Peter 2:20, 2 Peter 2:22, Proverbs 26:11

12Therefore the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

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13Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I made a couenant with your fathers, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of seruants, saying,

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Judges 6:8, Joshua 24:17, Judges 6:8, Joshua 24:17, Exodus 24:3

14At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euery man his brother an Ebrewe which hath bene solde vnto thee: and when he hath serued the sixe yeres, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers obeyed me not, neither inclined their eares.

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Deuteronomy 15:12, Deuteronomy 15:12, 1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:8, 1 Kings 9:22

15And ye were nowe turned, and had done right in my sight in proclayming libertie, euery man to his neighbour, and ye had made a couenant before mee in the house, whereupon my Name is called.

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Jeremiah 34:8, Jeremiah 34:8, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Kings 23:3, Jeremiah 7:10

16But ye repented, and polluted my Name: for ye haue caused euery man his seruant, and euery man his handmayde, whom ye had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne, and holde them in subiection to bee vnto you as seruantes and as handmaydes.

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Leviticus 19:12, Leviticus 19:12, Exodus 20:7, Ezekiel 18:24, Jeremiah 34:11

17Therefore thus saith the Lord, Ye haue not obeyed mee, in proclayming freedome euery man to his brother, and euery man to his neighbour: beholde, I proclaime a libertie for you, saith the Lord, to the sworde, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I will make you a terrour to all the kingdomes of the earth.

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Matthew 7:2, Matthew 7:2, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:7, Jeremiah 29:18

18And I will giue those men that haue broken my couenant, and haue not kept the wordes of the couenant, which they had made before me, when they cut the calfe in twaine, and passed betweene the partes thereof:

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Genesis 15:10, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 15:18, Psalms 50:1

19The princes of Iudah, and the princes of Ierusalem, the Eunuches, and the Priestes, and all the people of the lande, which passed betweene the partes of the calfe,

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Jeremiah 34:10, Zephaniah 3:3, Zephaniah 3:4, Jeremiah 34:10, Zephaniah 3:3

20I wil euen giue them into the hand of their enemies, and into the handes of them that seeke their life: and their dead bodies shalbe for meate vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the earth.

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Jeremiah 7:33, Jeremiah 7:33, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 16:4

21And Zedekiah King of Iudah, and his princes will I giue into the hand of their enemies, and into the hande of them that seeke their life, and into the hande of the King of Babels hoste, which are gone vp from you.

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Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 52:27, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 52:27

22Beholde, I will commande, saith the Lord, and cause them to returne to this citie, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burne it with fire: and I will make the cities of Iudah desolate without an inhabitant.

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Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:8