Jeremiah:32

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* The word which came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh , in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , the same , was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar ; * and , then , the forces of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem , and , Jeremiah the prophet , had been shut up in the guard-court , which was in the house of the king of Judah ; * whom Zedekiah king of Judah , had shut up , saying , Why art thou prophesying , saying , Thus , saith Yahweh , Behold me ! giving up this city into the hand of the king of Babylon , and he shall capture it ; * and , Zedekiah king of Judah ! shall not be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans , for he shall be wholly given up , into the hand of the king of Babylon , and shall speakthe mouth of the one to the mouth of the other , and the eyes of the one into the eyes of the other , shall look ; * and into Babylon , shall he lead Zedekiah and , there , shall he remain , until I visit him , Declareth Yahweh , though ye fight with the Chaldeans , ye shall not prosper ? * And Jeremiah said , The word of Yahweh came unto me saying : * Lo ! Hanameel son of Shallum thine uncle , hath come unto thee saying , Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth , for , thine , is the right of redemption to buy it . * So Hanameel son of mine uncle , came unto me , according to the word of Yahweh into the guard-court , and said unto me , Buy , I pray thee my field that is in Anathoth which is in the land of Benjamin , for , thine , is the right of inheritance , and , thine , the redemption , buy it for thyself . So I knew , that the word of Yahweh , it was . * And I bought the field from Hanameel son of mine uncle that was in Anathoth , and weighed him the silver , seventeen shekels , was the silver ; * and I wrote in the scroll and sealed it , and took in attestation witnesses , and weighed the silver in the balances . * Then took I the scroll of purchase , both that which was sealedthe title and the conditionsand that which was open ; * and gave the scroll of purchase unto Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah , in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle , and in the sight of the witnesses who subscribed the scroll of purchase , in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the guard-court . * Then charged I Baruch in their sight saying : * Thus , saith Yahweh of hosts , God of Israel , Take thou these scrolls , this scroll of purchase even that which is sealed , and this scroll that is open , and put them in an earthen vessel , that they may remain many days , * For Thus , saith Yahweh of hosts , God of Israel : Again , shall houses and fields and vineyards , be bought , in this land . * Then prayed I unto Yahweh , after I had delivered the scroll of purchase unto Baruch son of Neriah , saying : * Alas ! My Lord , Yahweh ! Lo ! thou thyself , didst make the heavens , and the earth , by thy great might , and by thine outstretched arm , There is nothing , too wonderful for thee : * Executing lovingkindness unto thousands , But recompensing the iniquity of fathers , into the bosom of their children , after them , Thou GOD , the great the mighty , Yahweh of hosts , is his name : * Great in counsel , and mighty in deed , Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men , to give unto 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 , unto this day , and in Israel and among mankind , And didst make for thyself 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 didst give unto them this land , which thou hadst sworn to their fathers to give unto them , a land flowing with milk and honey ; * And they came in and took possession of it But hearkened not unto thy voice Nor in thy law , did they walk , Nought of what thou hadst commanded them to do , did they do , And so thou hast caused to befall them all this calamity . * Lo ! the earthworks ! they have entered the city , to capture it , And the city , hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans , who are fighting against it , because of the sword and the famine and the pestilence , And so what thou didst speak , hath come to pass , And there thou art looking on ! * Yet , thou thyself , saidst unto me , O My Lord , Yahweh , Buy thee the field for silver And take in attestation , witnesses , Whereas , the city , hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans ! * Then came the word of Yahweh , unto Jeremiah , saying : * Lo ! I , am Yahweh , God of all flesh , For me , is any thing too wonderful ? * Therefore , Thus , saith Yahweh , Behold me ! giving this city into the hand of the Chaldeans , and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , and he shall capture it ; * And the Chaldeans , who are fighting against this city , Shall enter , and Shall set this city on fire , and Shall consume it , With the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baal and poured out drink-offerings to other gods , that they might provoke me to anger ; For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been nothing but doers of wickedness in my sight from the days of their youth , * For the sons of Israel have been doing nothing but provoke me to anger by the workmanship of their hands , Declareth Yahweh ; * For According to mine anger , and According to mine indignation , hath been to me this city , from the day when they built it even unto this day , that I should pull it down from before my face : * because of all the wickedness of the sons of Israel and the sons 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 : * Thus have they turned unto me the back , and not the face , Though I instructed them , betimes , instructing them , Yet have they not been hearkening , to receive correction ; * But have set their abominations in the house on which my name hath been called , to defile it ; * And have built the high places of Baal , which are in the valley of Ben-hinnom , To cause their sons and their daughters to pass through unto Molech , Which I commanded them not Neither came it up on my heart , That they should do this horrible thing , Causing , Judah , to sin ! * Now therefore , because of this , Thus , saith Yahweh , God of Israel , Concerning this city , whereof ye are saying , It hath been delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon , by sword , and by famine and by pestilence : * Behold me ! gathering them out of all the lands whither I have driven them In mine anger and In mine indignation and In great vexation , And I will cause them to return into this place , And will make them dwell , securely ; * And they shall become my people , And , I , will become their God ; * And I will give them one heart , and one way , That they may revere me , all the days , For the good of them and of their children after them ; * And I will solemnise to them an age-abiding covenant , That I will not turn away from following them , to do them good , But the reverence of myself , will I put in their heart , so that they shall not turn away from me . * And I will rejoice over them , to do them good , And will plant them in this land in truth , with all my heart and with all my soul . * For , Thus , saith Yahweh , Like as I have brought upon this people all this great calamity , Soil am I bringing upon them all the good that I am speaking concerning them . * Therefore shall fields be bought in this land , whereof ye are saying , It is , a desolation , Without man or beast , It hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans : * Fieldsfor silver , shall men buy , And write in scrolls And seal them , And take in attestation , witnesses , In the land of Benjamin , and In the places round 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 them of their captivity to return Declareth Yahweh .

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