Jeremiah 32
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1The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah — it [is] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar,
2And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and
3Where Zedekiah king of Judah hath shut him up, saying, ‘Wherefore art thou prophesying, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it;
4And Zedekiah king of Judah doth not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but is certainly given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth hath spoken with his mouth, and his eyes see his eyes,
5And [to] Babylon he leadeth Zedekiah, and there he is till My inspecting him, — an affirmation of Jehovah — because ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye do not prosper.’
6And Jeremiah saith, ‘A word of Jehovah hath been unto me saying,
7Lo, Hanameel son of Shallum, thine uncle, is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that [is] in Anathoth, for thine [is] the right of redemption — to buy.
8And Hanameel, my uncle's son, cometh in unto me, according to the word of Jehovah, unto the court of the prison, and saith unto me, ‘Buy, I pray thee, my field that [is] in Anathoth, that [is] in the land of Benjamin, for thine [is] the right of possession, and thine of redemption — buy for thee.’ And I know that it [is] the word of Jehovah,
9And I buy the field, that [is] in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle's son, and I weigh to him the money — seventeen shekels of silver.
10And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;
11And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one.
12And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle's son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison.
13And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying,
14‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Take these books, this purchase-book, both the sealed one and the open one, and thou hast put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days;
15For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Again are houses and fields and vineyards bought in this land.’
16And I pray unto Jehovah — after my giving the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah — saying,
17‘Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm; there is nothing too wonderful for Thee:
18Doing kindness to thousands, and recompensing iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name,
19Great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Thine eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
20In that thou hast done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt unto this day, and in Israel, and among men, and Thou dost make for Thee a name as [at] this day.
21‘And Thou bringest forth Thy people Israel from the land of Egypt, with signs and with wonders, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great fear,
22And thou givest to them this land that thou didst swear to their fathers to give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey,
23And they come in, and possess it, and they have not hearkened to Thy voice, and in Thy law have not walked, all that which Thou didst lay a charge on them to do they have not done, and Thou dost proclaim [to] them all this evil.
24‘Lo, the mounts — they have come in to 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 that which Thou hast spoken hath come to pass, and lo, Thou art seeing;
25Yet Thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy for thee the field with money, and cause witnesses to testify — and the city hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans!’
26And the word of Jehovah is unto Jeremiah, saying:
27‘Lo, I [am] Jehovah, God of all flesh: For Me is anything too wonderful?
28‘Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he hath captured it;
29And come in have the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city, and they have set this city on fire, and have burned it, and the houses on whose roofs they made perfume to Baal, and poured out libations to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger.
30For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been only doing evil in Mine eyes, from their youth; for the sons of Israel are only provoking Me with the work of their hands — an affirmation of Jehovah.
31‘For a cause of Mine anger, and a cause of My fury, hath this city been to Me, even from the day that they built it, and unto this day — to turn it aside from before My face,
32Because of all the evil of the sons of Israel, and of the sons of Judah that they have done, so as to provoke Me — they, their kings, their heads, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.
34‘And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it;
35And they build the high places of Baal, that [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come up on my heart to do this abomination, so as to cause Judah to sin.
36‘And now, therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, concerning this city, of which ye are saying, It hath been given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence,
37Lo, I am gathering them out of all the lands whither I have driven them in Mine anger, and in My fury, and in great wrath, and I have brought them back unto this place, and have caused them to dwell confidently;
38and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;
39and I have given to them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for good to them, and to their sons after them:
40and I have made for them a covenant age-during, in that I turn not back from after them for My doing them good, and My fear I put in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
41and I have rejoiced over them to do them good, and have planted them in this land in truth, with all my heart, and with all My soul.
42‘For thus said Jehovah: As I brought in unto this people all this great evil, so I am bringing in on them all the good that I am speaking concerning them;
43and bought hath been the field in this land of which ye are saying, A desolation it [is], without man and beast, it hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44Fields with money they buy, so as to write in a book, and to seal, and to cause witnesses to testify, in the land of Benjamin, and in suburbs of Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, and in cities of the hill-country, and in cities of the lowcountry, and in cities of the south, for I turn back their captivity — an affirmation of Jehovah.’
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Jeremiah 32
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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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