What does Jeremias Chapter 34 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Jeremias 34 addresses Sedecias during Nabuchodonosor's attack with armies and subject kingdoms. Jerusalem is delivered for burning; Sedecias is captured, sees and speaks with the king and goes to Babylon. He does not die by sword but in peace, with ancestral royal burnings and mourning Alas Lord; the edition explains natural death. Jeremias speaks in Jerusalem while Lachis and Azecha remain fortified targets.

Sedecias's covenant proclaims freedom for Hebrew male and female servants without domination over Jewish brethren. Princes and people comply, then bring them back to subjection. Their motives, hunting and dragging, wealth and a causal sequence making withdrawal trigger reversal are not stated. The Lord recalls Egypt's bondage and the end-of-seven-years command after six years' service, ignored by fathers. Present right action and temple covenant are reversed, defiling the name.

Refused brother-and-friend liberty receives liberty to sword, pestilence, famine and removal to kingdoms. Calf-halves covenant passers include princes, eunuchs, priests and people; enemies receive them and corpses feed birds and beasts. Sedecias and princes are given to enemies and Babylon's departed armies; commanded return brings fighting, capture, fire and uninhabited Juda cities. No double penalty, explicit ritual self-curse or forced psychological explanation is added.