JEREMIAH 32

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Jeremiah Buys a Field

   1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the

LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,

which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 The army of the king of Babylon was then

besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was

confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal

palace of Judah.

   3 Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him

there, saying, "Why do you prophesy as you do? You

say, 'This is what the LORD says: I am about to give

this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and

he will capture it.   4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not

escape the Babyloniahs but will certainly be given

into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak

with him face to face and see him with his own eyes.

5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will 

remain until I deal with him, declares the LORD. 

If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not

succeed.' "

   6 Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me:

7 Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come

to you and say, 'Buy my field at Anathoth, because as

nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.'

   8 "Then, just as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel

came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, 'Buy

my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since

it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for

yourself.'

   "I knew that this was the word of the LORD;   9 so I

bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel

and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of

silver.   10 I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed,

and weighed out the silver on the scales.   11 I took the

deed of purchase--the sealed copy containing the

terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy--

12 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son

of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel

and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of

all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

   13 "In their presence I gave Baruch these instructions:

14 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel,

says: Take these documents, both the sealed and

unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them

in a clay jar so they will last a long time.   15 For this is

what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in 

this land.'

   16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch

son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and

the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.

Nothing is too hard for you.   18 You show love to

thousands but bring the punishment for the parents'

sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and

mighty God, whose name is the LORD Almighty,   19 great

are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes

are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each

person according to their conduct and as their deeds

deserve.   20 You performed signs and wonders in Egypt

and have continued them to this day, in Israel and

among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is

still yours.   21 You brought your people Israel out of 

Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand and an

outstretched arm and with great terror.   22 You gave

them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, 

a land flowing with milk and honey.   23 They came in and

took possession of it, but they did not obey you or

follow your law; they did not do what you commanded

them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them.

   24 "See how the siege ramps are built up to take the

city. Because of the sword, famine and plague, the

city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians

who are attacking it. What you said has happened,

as you now see.   25 And though the city will be given

into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign

LORD, say to me 'Buy the field with silver and have

the transaction witnessed.' "

26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:   

27 "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything

too hard for me?   28 Therefor this is what the LORD says:

I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians

and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

29 The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in 

and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the 

houses where the people aroused my anger by burning

incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink

oferings to other gods.

   30 "The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing

but evil in my sight from their youth; indeed, the people

of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger with

what their hands have made, declares the LORD.   31 From

the day it was built until now, this city has so aroused

my anger and wrath that I must remove it from my

sight.   32 The people of Israel and Judah have provoked

me by all the evil they have done--they, their kings and

officials, their priests and prophets, the people of

Judah and those living in Jerusalem.   33 They turned

their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught

them again and again, they would not listen or respond

to discipline.   34 They set up their vile images in the

house that bears my Name and defiled it.   35 They built

high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to

sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek, though I

never commanded--nor did it enter my mind--that they

should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah

sin.

   36 "You are saying about this city, 'By the sword,

famine and plague it will be biven into the hands of the

king of Babylon'; but this is what the LORD, the God of

Israel, says:   37 I will surely gather them from all the

lands where I banish them in my furious anger and

great wtath; I will bring them back to this place and let

them live in safety.   38 They will be my people, and I will

be their God.   39 I will give them singleness of heart and

action, so that they will always fear me and that all will

then go well for them and for their children after them.

40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will

never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them

to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.

41 I will rejoice in doing them good and will assouredly

plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.

   42 "This is what the LORD says: As I have brought all

this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all

the prosperity I have promised them.   43 Once more

fields will be bought in this land of which you say, 'It is a

desolate waste, without people or animals, for it has

been given into the hands of the Babylonians.'   44 Fields

will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed,

sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benamin, in the

villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in

the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills

and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes,

declares the LORD."