Jeremiah:32

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* The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar . * Now 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 . * For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up , saying : 'Wherefore dost thou prophesy , and say : Thus saith the LORD : Behold , I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon , and he shall take it ; * and 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 ; * and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon , and there shall he be until I remember him , saith the LORD ; though ye fight with the Chaldeans , ye shall not prosper ?' * And Jeremiah said : 'The word of the LORD came unto me , saying : * Behold , 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 .' * So Hanamel mine uncle 's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the LORD , 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 the LORD . * And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle 's son , and weighed him the money , even seventeen shekels of silver . * And I subscribed the deed , and sealed it , and called witnesses , and weighed him the money in the balances . * So I took the deed of the purchase , both that which was sealed , containing the terms and conditions , and that which was open ; * and 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 . * And I charged Baruch before them , saying : * 'Thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel : Take these deeds , this deed of the purchase , both that which is sealed , and this deed which is open , and put them in an earthen vessel ; that they may continue many days . * For thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel : Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land .' * Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah , I prayed unto the LORD , saying : * 'Ah Lord GOD ! behold , Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power and by Thy outstretched arm ; there is nothing too hard for Thee ; * who showest mercy unto thousands , and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them ; the great , the mighty God , the LORD of hosts is His name ; * great 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 ; * who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt , even unto this day , and in Israel and among other men ; and madest Thee a name , as at this day ; * and 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 ; * and gavest them this land , which Thou didst swear to their fathers to give them , a land flowing with milk and honey ; * and they came in , and possessed it ; but they hearkened not to 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 befall them ; * behold 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 . * Yet Thou hast said unto me , O Lord GOD : Buy thee the field for money , and call witnesses ; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans .' * Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah , saying : * 'Behold , I am the LORD , the God of all flesh ; is there any thing too hard for Me ? * Therefore thus saith the LORD : 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 ; * and 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 unto Baal , and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods , to provoke Me . * For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done that which was evil in My sight from their youth ; for the children of Israel have only provoked Me with the work of their hands , saith the LORD . * For this city hath been to Me a provocation of Mine anger and of My fury from the day that they built it even unto this day , that I should remove it from before My face ; * because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah , which they have done to provoke Me , they , their kings , their princes , their priests , and their prophets , and the men of Judah , and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * And they have turned unto Me the back , and not the face ; and though I taught them , teaching them betimes and often , yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction . * But they set their abominations in the house whereupon My name is called , to defile it . * And they built the high places of Baal , which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom , to set apart their sons and their daughters unto Molech ; which I commanded them not , neither came it into My mind , that they should do this abomination ; to cause Judah to sin . * And now therefore thus saith the LORD , 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 : * Behold , I will gather them out of all the countries , whither I have driven them in Mine anger , and in My fury , and in great wrath ; and I will bring them back unto this place , and I will cause them to dwell safely ; * and they shall be My people , and I will be their God ; * and 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 ; * and I will make an everlasting covenant with them , that I will not turn away from them , to do them good ; and I will put My fear in their hearts , that they shall not depart from Me . * Yea , I will rejoice over them to do them good , and I will plant them in this land in truth with My whole heart and with My whole soul . * For thus saith the LORD : 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 . * And 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 . * Men 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 the LORD .'

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