Rotherham(i)
10 so then they hearkened––even all the princes and all the people who had entered into the covenant, that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, go free, so as not to use them as slaves, any longer,––yea they hearkened, and let them go,
11 howbeit they turned, after that, and brought back the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go, free, and brought them into subjection as servants and as handmaids.
12 So then the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah. from Yahweh, saying:
13 Thus, saith Yahweh. God of Israel,––I myself, solemnised a covenant with your fathers, in the day when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, saying:
14 At the end of seven years, shall ye let go, every man his brother, being a Hebrew, who shall sell himself unto thee, and serve thee, six years, then shalt thou let him go, free, from thee, Howbeit your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
15 And, though, ye, just now turned, and did that which was right in mine eyes, by proclaiming liberty, every man to his neighbour,––and solemnised a covenant, before me, in the house on which my Name hath been called,
16 yet have ye turned and profaned my Name, and brought back, every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go, free, at their own desire,––and have brought them into subjection, to become your, servants and handmaids.
17 Therefore––Thus, saith Yahweh, Ye, have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every man to his brother and every man to his neighbour: Behold me! proclaiming, to you, a liberty, Declareth Yahweh, unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, so will I make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth;