The Book of Jeremiah
32: 1The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah
king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 32:2Now at that
time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the
prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's
house. 32:3For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost
thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 32:4and Zedekiah king of Judah
shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth,
and his eyes shall behold his eyes; 32:5and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and
there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the
Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper? 32:6And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 32:7Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come
unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of
redemption is thine to buy it. 32:8So Hanamel mine uncle's son came to me in the
court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my
field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the
right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I
knew that this was the word of Jehovah. 32:9And I bought the field that was in
Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even
seventeen shekels of silver. 32:10And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called
witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 32:11So I took the deed of
the purchase, both that which was sealed, according to the law and custom, and
that which was open: 32:12and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the
son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle's son,
and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase,
before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard. 32:13And I charged Baruch
before them, saying, 32:14Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these
deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and
put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days. 32:15For thus saith
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet
again be bought in this land. 32:16Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase
unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 32:17Ah Lord
Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power
and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee, 32:18who showest
lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into
the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of
hosts is his name; 32:19great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open
upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings: 32:20who didst set signs and wonders in the
land of Egypt, even unto this day, both in Israel and among other men; and
madest thee a name, as at this day; 32:21and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of
the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with
an outstretched arm, and with great terror; 32:22and gavest them this land, which
thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and
honey; 32:23and they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voice,
neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst
them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. 32:24Behold,
the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the
hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the
famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and,
behold, thou seest it. 32:25And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the
field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans. 32:26Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying, 32:27Behold, I
am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me? 32:28Therefore
thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans,
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 32:29and
the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and
burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal,
and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. 32:30For the
children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in
my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to
anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah. 32:31For this city hath been to me
a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even
unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, 32:32because of all the
evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to
provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their
prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 32:33And they
have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising
up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
32:34But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to
defile it. 32:35And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the
son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire
unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that
they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. 32:36And now therefore thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It is given
into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence: 32:37Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have
driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will
bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: 32:38and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God: 32:39and I will give them one heart and
one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their
children after them: 32:40and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I
will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear
in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. 32:41Yea, I will rejoice over them
to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart
and with my whole soul. 32:42For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this
great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have
promised them. 32:43And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is
desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 32:44Men
shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call
witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the
cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the
lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return,
saith Jehovah.