7. Meanwhile, the king of Babylonia was trying to break through the walls of Lachish, Azekah, and Jerusalem, the only three towns of Judah that had not been captured.
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,