11. But those slave owners changed their minds and forced their former slaves back into slavery.
12. That's when the Lord told me to say to the people:
13. I am the Lord God of Israel, and I made an agreement with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, where they had been slaves.
14. As part of this agreement, you must let a Hebrew slave go free after six years of service.Your ancestors did not obey me,
17. You have disobeyed me by not giving your slaves their freedom. So I will give you freedom—the freedom to die in battle or from disease or hunger. I will make you disgusting to all other nations on earth.
18. You asked me to be a witness when you made the agreement to set your slaves free. And as part of the ceremony you cut a calf into two parts, then walked between the parts. But you people of Jerusalem have broken that agreement as well as my agreement with Israel. So I will do to you what you did to that calf.