[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of
Zedeki'ah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrez'zar.
[2] At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem,
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard which was in
the palace of the king of Judah. [3] For Zedeki'ah king of Judah had
imprisoned him, saying, "Why do you prophesy and say, `Thus says the LORD:
Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall take it; [4] Zedeki'ah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand
of the Chalde'ans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye; [5]
and he shall take Zedeki'ah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I
visit him, says the LORD; though you fight against the Chalde'ans, you
shall not succeed'?" [6] Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me:
[7] Behold, Han'amel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and
say, `Buy my field which is at An'athoth, for the right of redemption by
purchase is yours.' [8] Then Han'amel my cousin came to me in the court of
the guard, in accordance with the word of the LORD, and said to me, `Buy my
field which is at An'athoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of
possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that
this was the word of the LORD. [9] "And I bought the field at An'athoth
from Han'amel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen
shekels of silver. [10] I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and
weighed the money on scales. [11] Then I took the sealed deed of purchase,
containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy; [12] and I gave the
deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri'ah son of Mahsei'ah, in the
presence of Han'amel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed
the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting
in the court of the guard. [13] I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,
[14] `Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds,
both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an
earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. [15] For thus says
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall
again be bought in this land.' [16] "After I had given the deed of purchase
to Baruch the son of Neri'ah, I prayed to the LORD, saying: [17] `Ah Lord
GOD! It is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power
and by thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for thee, [18] who showest
steadfast love to thousands, but dost requite the guilt of fathers to their
children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of
hosts, [19] great in counsel and mighty in deed; whose eyes are open to all
the ways of men, rewarding every man according to his ways and according to
the fruit of his doings; [20] who hast shown signs and wonders in the land
of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and hast made
thee a name, as at this day. [21] Thou didst bring thy people Israel out of
the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and
outstretched arm, and with great terror; [22] and thou gavest them this
land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing
with milk and honey; [23] and they entered and took possession of it. But
they did not obey thy voice or walk in thy law; they did nothing of all
thou didst command them to do. Therefore thou hast made all this evil come
upon them. [24] Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take
it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into
the hands of the Chalde'ans who are fighting against it. What thou didst
speak has come to pass, and behold, thou seest it. [25] Yet thou, O Lord
GOD, hast said to me, "Buy the field for money and get witnesses"--though
the city is given into the hands of the Chalde'ans.'" [26] The word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah: [27] "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh;
is anything too hard for me? [28] Therefore, thus says the LORD: Behold, I
am giving this city into the hands of the Chalde'ans and into the hand of
Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon, and he shall take it. [29] The Chalde'ans
who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire,
and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs incense has been offered to
Ba'al and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me
to anger. [30] For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done
nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; the sons of Israel have done
nothing but provoke me to anger by the work of their hands, says the LORD.
[31] This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to
this day, so that I will remove it from my sight [32] because of all the
evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they did to provoke
me to anger--their kings and their princes, their priests and their
prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. [33] They have
turned to me their back and not their face; and though I have taught them
persistently they have not listened to receive instruction. [34] They set
up their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile
it. [35] They built the high places of Ba'al in the valley of the son of
Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not
command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this
abomination, to cause Judah to sin. [36] "Now therefore thus says the LORD,
the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, `It is given into
the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence':
[37] Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove
them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation; I will bring them
back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety. [38] And they
shall be my people, and I will be their God. [39] I will give them one
heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for their own good and
the good of their children after them. [40] I will make with them an
everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them;
and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from
me. [41] I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this
land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul. [42] "For thus
says the LORD: Just as I have brought all this great evil upon this people,
so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. [43] Fields
shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, It is a desolation,
without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chalde'ans. [44]
Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and
witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in
the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of
the Shephe'lah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their
fortunes, says the LORD."

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