Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 34:9 commands freeing Hebrew slaves — verse 14 then specifies the six‑year limit. The two verses together form the complete obligation.
Jeremiah 34:8 describes the covenant to proclaim liberty that leads to the command in verse 14 — providing the narrative setting for the release law.
Jeremiah 11:8-10 recounts covenant breaking by following stubborn hearts, the same rebellion seen in ignoring the slave-release law.
Jeremiah 7:26 describes the people's stiff-necked refusal to listen, directly mirroring the disobedience to the slave-release command.
Jeremiah 31:32 recalls the broken covenant with ancestors, which the failure to free slaves exemplifies.
Jeremiah 32:30 summarizes Israel's persistent evil from youth, providing a broader context for the specific disobedience in 34:14.
Jeremiah 7:25 shows God's pattern of repeatedly sending prophets, underscoring that the slave-release command was part of a longer history of ignored warnings.
Nehemiah 9:26 recounts rebellion against God's law and killing prophets, paralleling the disobedience to the slave-release law.
In Amos 8:6, buying the poor as slaves is condemned, paralleling the disobedience to the release command.
In Amos 2:6, selling the righteous for silver is condemned, a clear parallel to the slave release violation.
Exodus 21:1-4 is the source law: a Hebrew slave serves six years and goes free in the seventh — directly cited in Jeremiah 34:14's command.
2 Chronicles 36:16 describes mocking God's messengers and despising his words, the same rebellion that led to ignoring the slave-release command.
2 Kings 17:14 states they would not listen and were stiff-necked — directly parallel to the refusal to obey the slave-release law.
2 Kings 17:13 shows God warning through prophets to obey the Law, the same framework as the command in 34:14 that was ignored.
1 Samuel 8:8 recounts Israel forsaking God since Egypt, echoing the long pattern of disobedience that includes the slave-release violation.
Deuteronomy 15:12 gives the identical law: a Hebrew slave serves six years and goes free in the seventh — the exact regulation Jeremiah 34:14 reiterates.
In Isaiah 58:6, the true fast includes releasing the oppressed, expanding the principle of freeing slaves.
In 2 Chronicles 28:10, taking fellow Israelites as slaves is condemned, directly echoing the law violated here.
Leviticus 25:39 commands kind treatment of fellow Israelites who sell themselves, a related but distinct slave-release law.
2 Chronicles 28:11 urges releasing captive fellow Israelites, similar to the command to free Hebrew slaves.
1 Samuel 8:7 reveals Israel rejecting God as king — a similar rejection of divine authority as ignoring His command about slaves.