Treacherous Treatment
“Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves, that no one should keep them in bondage anymore, they obeyed and let them go. But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.” Jeremiah 34:10-11 NKJV http://bible.com/114/jer.34.10-11.nkjv Rhetorical declaration of the concept of right and wrong does not guarantee discipline and commitment to obedience. Until the price is named and the punishment is enumerated, no declaration of obedience should be taken seriously. Obedience to rules is easy when the governing regulations are favourable. But when regulatory implementation becomes harsh, rooms for exceptions are welcomed. The elites of Israel (or the nations of the world) have no problem with political declaration of liberty, especially when service calls are neglig...