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Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 34

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This is a scholarly parallel-text edition of the biblical book of Jeremiah, presenting three textual traditions side by side: the Hebrew Masoretic Text (Tanakh), the Greek Septuagint (LXX), and the King James Version in English — the latter with Strong's Concordance reference numbers embedded inline. The KJV column covers Jeremiah 34, narrating two linked episodes during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem: God's prophecy to King Zedekiah that the city will fall and he will be captured, yet will die in peace rather than by the sword; and a subsequent covenant in which Zedekiah and Jerusalem's leaders freed their Hebrew slaves, only to re-enslave them shortly after. The Septuagint column follows different chapter numbering (corresponding roughly to Jeremiah 27 LXX) and covers the symbolic yoke-and-bonds episode, God's declaration of Babylonian sovereignty over the earth, and warnings against false prophets who promise deliverance. A distinctive feature is the rhetorical pivot in the covenant episode: God responds to the re-enslavement by sardonically "proclaiming liberty" to sword, pestilence, and famine against the covenant-breakers, and invokes the ancient ritual of passing between a divided calf as the legal framework the people violated. The format presupposes a reader engaged in textual criticism or comparative biblical scholarship, as the value lies precisely in the divergences between the Hebrew, Greek, and English columns — including the Septuagint's notably different ordering and condensation of material.

Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 34

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