Jeremiah 34 · Verse 11

Jeremiah 34:11

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 34:11, King James Version

Jeremiah 34:11 in other translations

BSBbut later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
WEBbut afterwards 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.
ASVbut afterwards 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.
YLTand they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.
DARBYBut afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.
BBEBut later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
WebsterBut afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had liberated, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

What does Jeremiah 34:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. During the interruption of the siege by Pharaoh-hophra (compare Jr 34:21, 22, with Jr 37:5-10), the Jews reduced their servants to bondage again.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 But afterward they turned - They had agreed to manumit them at the end of the seventh year; but when the seventh year was ended, they recalled their engagement, and detained their servants. This, I believe, is what is here meant.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 34:8-22

A Jew should not be held in servitude above seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the siege was raised, they forced the servants they had released into their services again. Those who think to cheat God by dissembled repentance and partial reformation, put the greatest cheat upon their own souls. This shows that liberty to sin, is really only liberty to have the…

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Jeremiah 34:11 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuand they turned backH7725
אַחֲרֵי\־'a.cha.rei-afterH310
כֵ֔ןKhenthusH3651
וַיָּשִׁ֗בוּvai.ya.Shi.vuand they took backH7725
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָֽעֲבָדִים֙ha.'a.va.Dimthe [male] slavesH5650
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹתha.she.fa.Chotthe female slavesH8198
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhomH834
שִׁלְּח֖וּshi.le.Chuthey had let goH7971
חָפְשִׁ֑יםcha.fe.Shimfree [people]H2670
וַֽיִּכְבְּשׁ֔וּםvai.yakh.bi.shumand they subjugated themH3533
לַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.Dimfor [male] slavesH5650
וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת\׃\ \סve.lish.fa.Chotand for female slavesH8198

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Cross references for Jeremiah 34:11

  • 2 Peter 2:20-22

    For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:11

    Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

  • Matthew 12:43-45

    When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

  • Proverbs 26:11

    As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

  • Exodus 8:8

    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.

  • Exodus 9:34-35

    And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.

  • Romans 2:4-5

    Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • 1 Samuel 19:6-11

    And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. …

  • Psalms 36:3

    The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  • Jeremiah 37:5

    Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

  • 1 Samuel 24:19

    For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

  • Jeremiah 34:21

    And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21; 37:5; Ex 8:8,15; 9:28,34,35; 10:17-20; 14:3-9; 1Sa 19:6-11
1Sa 24:19; 26:21; Ps 36:3; 78:34-36; 125:5; Pr 26:11; Ec 8:11
Ho 6:4; 7:16; Zep 1:6; Mt 12:43-45; Ro 2:4,5; 2Pe 2:20-22

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Context

  • Jeremiah 34:10

    Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.

  • Jeremiah 34:11

    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 34:12

    Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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Jeremiah 34:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas después se arrepintieron, é hicieron tornar los siervos y las siervas que habían dejado libres, y sujetáronlos por siervos y por siervas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais ensuite ils revinrent en arrière, et firent revenir les serviteurs et les servantes qu’ils avaient renvoyés libres, et les assujettirent pour être serviteurs et servantes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber nachher wandten sie sich um und ließen die Knechte und Mägde wiederkommen, welche sie frei entlassen hatten, und unterjochten sie zu Knechten und zu Mägden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et conversi sunt deinceps: et retraxerunt servos et ancillas suas quos dimiserant liberos, et subjugaverunt in famulos et famulas.