Zedekiah's release revoked

Under Babylonian siege Zedekiah proclaims a deror and the owners free their slaves; when the army withdraws they take them back (Jer 34:8-22). The sentence is delivered in the identical word: ye have not proclaimed deror, behold I proclaim a deror for you — to the sword, to pestilence, to famine.

Geometry, Release: A reading: a named party sets release back to zero, and the text records what follows.

In plain words

Under Babylon's siege King Zedekiah proclaims liberty and the owners free their slaves; when the army pulls back, they take them back. Jeremiah answers in the same word: God proclaims a liberty for them, to the sword, pestilence and famine. The text calls the release right and condemns taking it back; the fault is in the trigger: a king's decision, made under pressure and revoked when the pressure lifted.

The mechanism

RELEASE ON A DECISION, AND ITS FAILURE MODE — the corpus's one royal, decision-triggered release is issued under pressure and revoked the moment the pressure lifts. Show both findings: 34:15 has God call that royal deror 'right in my eyes,' so the text endorses the act while the narrative convicts the trigger — the quantity is released either way, and only the destination is chosen.

Scripture

Jeremiah 34:8–22

How it was checked

• EvidenceT3 SCRIPTURE; Status: COMMITTED; a capture; a release
• Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
• SourcesSCRIPTURE — Jeremiah 34:8-22, esp. 34:15 and 34:17