But afterward they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.

Jeremiah 34:11

In the thirty-fourth chapter of Jeremiah we find the tragic story of how many among the Israelites went back on their word and re-enslaved their fellow Israelites who they had set free from bondage. This entirely selfish action on the part of so many grieved the heart of God so much that he proclaimed the ruin of the guilty parties.

I will deliver [the leaders of the Israelites] into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them. Their …