Jeremiah 34:7-11 when the army of the king of Babylon was warring against Jerusalem and against the cities of Juda namely against Lachis and against Azeka; for they were the only fortified cities which were left of the cities of Juda.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ when the army of the king of Babylon was warring against Jerusalem and against the cities of Juda namely against Lachis and against Azeka; for they were the only fortified cities which were left of the cities of Juda. ⁸ The word which came to Jeremias from the Lord. After king Sedekias had made a covenant with the people to proclaim a release, ⁹ that every man should set free his man servant and his maid servant of Hebrew extraction so that no person of Juda should continue in slavery; ¹⁰ when all the nobles and all the people who had entered into covenant, to set free every one his man servant, and his maid servant, ¹¹ altered their minds and compelled them to become their servants;