Jeremiah34:17

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Translation

Therefore, YHVH (read Adonai) says this: You have not obeyed me by having everyone proclaim freedom

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to his brother or to his neighbor. Look!  I proclaim to you that there is freedom, says YHVH (read Adonai), freedom for the sword, for diseases and for famine; I will deliver you to trembling in all the kingdoms of the earth.

Paraphrase

Therefore, this is what THE ETERNAL AND PERSONAL GOD says: Since you have not obeyed me; since you did not have everyone actually grant freedom to those like him and to his fellow countrymen, watch this, since you want freedom, I declare to you, says THE ETERNAL AND PERSONAL GOD, that there will be actual freedom, yes, I will grant freedom to the sword and to diseases and to famine to come upon you without holding them back! You want me to deliver you, OK, I will deliver you, yes, I will deliver you over to horrible situations in countries far from here that will make you tremble in fear just to think about them.

Footnotes

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The implication here is that declaring someone to be free must be followed by action, i.e. granting them their freedom, and then allowing them to remain free.