If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay anything.

And so the LORD became furious with Israel and let raiders attack and rob them. He let the enemies all around overpower them, and the Israelites could no longer protect themselves.

So the LORD became angry with the Israelites, and let the Philistines and the Ammonites conquer them.

The LORD says, "Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.