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Jer 34:17 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

behold	When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them. Lev 26:34,35; Deu 19:19; Jdg 1:6,7; Est 7:10; Dan 6:24; Mat 7:2; Luk 6:37,38; Gal 6:7; Jam 2:13; Rev 16:6
to the sword	Jer 15:2; Jer 21:7; Jer 24:10; Jer 32:24,36; Jer 47:6,7; Eze 14:17-21
I will	Jer 15:4; Jer 24:9,10; Jer 29:18; Deu 28:25,64
to be removed	Heb. for a removing. Lam 1:8; *marg: