Jeremiah 32
32
Jeremiah buys a field
1This 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. 2The 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.
3Now 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. 4Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape the Babylonians#32:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 5, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 43 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. 5He 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.” ’
6Jeremiah said, ‘The word of the Lord came to me: 7Hanamel 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; 9so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels#32:9 That is, about 200 grams of silver. 10I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11I took the deed of purchase – the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy – 12and 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 that they will last a long time. 15For 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. 18You 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, 19great 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. 20You 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. 21You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror. 22You gave them this land you had sworn to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey. 23They 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. 25And 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.” ’
26Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27‘I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? 28Therefore 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. 29The 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 offerings 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. 31From the day it was built until now, this city has so aroused my anger and wrath that I must remove it from my sight. 32The 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. 33They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline. 34They set up their vile images in the house that bears my Name and defiled it. 35They 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 given into the hands of the king of Babylon”; but this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 37I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. 38They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39I 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. 40I 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. 41I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly 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. 43Once 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.” 44Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, 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,#32:44 Or will bring them back from captivity declares the Lord.’
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Jeremiah 32
32
Jeremiah Buys a Field
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, # 2Ki 25:1–2; Jer 39:1–2 which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, # Ne 3:25; Jer 37:21 which was in the house of the king of Judah.
3For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy? You say: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, # Jer 21:4–7; 34:2–3 and he shall take it, 4and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, # Jer 38:18, 23 and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. 5And he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he will be until I visit him, # Jer 27:22 says the Lord. Though you fight against the Chaldeans, # Jer 33:5 you will not succeed.”
6So Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying: 7Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth. # Jer 1:1 For the right of redemption is yours to buy it.” # Lev 25:25
8So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison # Jer 32:2 according to the word of the Lord and said to me, “Please buy my field, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin, for the right of inheritance and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.”
Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9I bought the field of Hanamel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels # 32:9 About 7 ounces, or 200 grams. of silver. 10I signed and sealed the deed, and summoned witnesses, # Jer 32:12, 44 and weighed the money from him in the balances. 11So I took the deed of purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, # Lk 2:27 and that which was open. 12And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, # Jer 32:16; 51:59 the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
13I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, 14Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel that they may last many days. 15For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. # Jer 30:18; 32:43–44
Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
16Now when I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, # Ge 32:9–12; Jer 12:1 saying:
17Ah Lord God! Truly, You have made the heavens and the earth # 2Ki 19:15 by Your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for You. # Ge 18:14 18You show lovingkindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, # Ex 34:7 O great and mighty God. The Lord of Hosts is His name, # Jer 10:16 19great in counsel and mighty in deed, # Isa 28:29 whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. # Jer 17:10 20You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and have made Yourself a name, # Ex 9:16; Ne 9:10 as it is today. 21And You have brought your 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. # Ex 6:6; Dt 26:8 22And You have given them this land, which You swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. # Ex 3:8; 13:5 23And they entered and possessed it. # Ps 78:54–55 But they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.
24Behold, the siege ramps have come to the city to take it. And the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence, and what You have spoken has come to pass, # Dt 4:26; Jos 23:15–16 and behold, you see it. 25O Lord God, You have said to me, “Buy the field for money and call in witnesses,” although the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
God Promises the People’s Return
26Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: 27Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. # Nu 16:22; 27:16 Is anything too hard for Me? 28Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, # Jer 19:7–12; 32:3 and he shall take it. 29And the Chaldeans who fight against this city will come and set this city on fire and burn it with the houses, # Jer 21:10 upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, # Jer 19:13 to provoke Me to anger.
30Indeed the Israelites and the Judahites have only done evil before Me from their youth. For the Israelites have only provoked Me to anger with the work of their hands, # Dt 9:7–12 says the Lord. 31Indeed this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, # 1Ki 11:7–8 even to this day, so that I should remove it from before My face, # 2Ki 23:27 32because of all the evil of the Israelites and of the Judahites which they have done to provoke Me to anger, # Isa 1:4–6 they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets, # Jer 2:26 and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33They have turned their back to Me and not their face. # Jer 2:27 Though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have neither listened nor received instruction. # Jer 7:13 34But they set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. # 2Ki 21:4–7; Jer 7:30 35They built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, # Lev 18:21; 20:2–5 which I had not commanded them, nor did it come into My mind # Jer 7:31 that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, “It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence”: # Jer 32:3, 24 37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries wherever I have driven them # Jer 23:3 in My anger, and in My fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. # Jer 23:6 38And they shall be My people, and I will be their God. # Jer 24:7; 30:22 39And I will give them one heart and one way, # Dt 11:18–21; 2Ch 30:12 that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for their children after them. 40And I will make an everlasting covenant # Isa 55:3; Jer 50:5 with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put My fear in their hearts so that they shall not depart from Me. 41Indeed, I will rejoice over them to do them good, # Dt 30:9; Jer 24:6 and I will plant them in this land assuredly with My whole heart and with My whole soul.
42For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great calamity upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. # Jer 31:28; Zec 8:14–15 43Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, # Jer 32:15 It is desolate, without man or beast. It is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 44Men will buy fields for money, sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the Negev; # Jer 17:26 for I will restore their fortunes, # Jer 33:7 says the Lord.
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