but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again. Cross References Jeremiah 34:10 So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them, Jeremiah 34:12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jeremiah 34:16 But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. Treasury of Scripture 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. Jeremiah 34:21 Jeremiah 37:5 Exodus 8:8,15 |