¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

² For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

³ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴ And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

⁵ And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

⁶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

⁷ Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

⁸ So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

⁹ And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰ And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

¹¹ So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

¹² And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

¹³ And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

¹⁴ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

¹⁵ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

¹⁶ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

¹⁷ Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

¹⁸ Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

¹⁹ Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰ Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

²¹ And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

²² And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³ And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

²⁴ Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

²⁵ And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷ Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

²⁸ Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

²⁹ And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

³¹ For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³² Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children 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.

³³ And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

³⁴ But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

³⁵ And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

³⁸ And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

⁴⁰ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

⁴¹ Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴² For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

⁴³ And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴ Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take 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 south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

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¹ The word ^H1697 that came to Jeremiah ^H3414 from the LORD ^H3068 in the tenth ^H6224 year ^H8141 of Zedekiah ^H6667 king ^H4428 of Judah, ^H3063 which was the eighteenth ^{H8083 H6240 H8141} year ^H8141 of Nebuchadrezzar. ^H5019

² For then the king ^H4428 of Babylon's ^H894 army ^H2428 besieged ^H6696 Jerusalem: ^H3389 and Jeremiah ^H3414 the prophet ^H5030 was shut up ^H3607 in the court ^H2691 of the prison, ^H4307 which was in the king ^H4428 of Judah's ^H3063 house. ^H1004

³ For Zedekiah ^H6667 king ^H4428 of Judah ^H3063 had shut him up, ^H3607 saying, ^H559 Wherefore dost thou prophesy, ^H5012 and say, ^H559 Thus saith ^H559 the LORD, ^H3068 Behold, I will give ^H5414 this city ^H5892 into the hand ^H3027 of the king ^H4428 of Babylon, ^H894 and he shall take ^H3920 it;

⁴ And Zedekiah ^H6667 king ^H4428 of Judah ^H3063 shall not escape ^H4422 out of the hand ^H3027 of the Chaldeans, ^H3778 but shall surely ^H5414 be delivered ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of the king ^H4428 of Babylon, ^H894 and shall speak ^H1696 with him mouth ^H6310 to mouth, ^H6310 and his eyes ^H5869 shall behold ^H7200 his eyes; ^H5869

⁵ And he shall lead ^H3212 Zedekiah ^H6667 to Babylon, ^H894 and there shall he be until I visit ^H6485 him, saith ^H5002 the LORD: ^H3068 though ye fight ^H3898 with the Chaldeans, ^H3778 ye shall not prosper. ^H6743

⁶ And Jeremiah ^H3414 said, ^H559 The word ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 came unto me, saying, ^H559

⁷ Behold, Hanameel ^H2601 the son ^H1121 of Shallum ^H7967 thine uncle ^H1730 shall come ^H935 unto thee, saying, ^H559 Buy ^H7069 thee my field ^H7704 that is in Anathoth: ^H6068 for the right ^H4941 of redemption ^H1353 is thine to buy ^H7069 it.

⁸ So Hanameel ^H2601 mine uncle's ^H1730 son ^H1121 came ^H935 to me in the court ^H2691 of the prison ^H4307 according to the word ^H1697 of the LORD, ^H3068 and said ^H559 unto me, Buy ^H7069 my field, ^H7704 I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, ^H6068 which is in the country ^H776 of Benjamin: ^H1144 for the right ^H4941 of inheritance ^H3425 is thine, and the redemption ^H1353 is thine; buy ^H7069 it for thyself. Then I knew ^H3045 that this was the word ^H1697 of the LORD. ^H3068

⁹ And I bought ^H7069 the field ^H7704 of Hanameel ^H2601 my uncle's ^H1730 son, ^H1121 that was in Anathoth, ^H6068 and weighed ^H8254 him the money, ^H3701 even seventeen ^{H7651 H6235} shekels ^H8255 of silver. ^H3701

¹⁰ And I subscribed ^H3789 the evidence, ^H5612 and sealed ^H2856 it, and took ^H5749 witnesses, ^H5707 and weighed ^H8254 him the money ^H3701 in the balances. ^H3976

¹¹ So I took ^H3947 the evidence ^H5612 of the purchase, ^H4736 both that which was sealed ^H2856 according to the law ^H4687 and custom, ^H2706 and that which was open: ^H1540

¹² And I gave ^H5414 the evidence ^H5612 of the purchase ^H4736 unto Baruch ^H1263 the son ^H1121 of Neriah, ^H5374 the son ^H1121 of Maaseiah, ^H4271 in the sight ^H5869 of Hanameel ^H2601 mine uncle's ^H1730 son, and in the presence ^H5869 of the witnesses ^H5707 that subscribed ^H3789 the book ^H5612 of the purchase, ^H4736 before ^H5869 all the Jews ^H3064 that sat ^H3427 in the court ^H2691 of the prison. ^H4307

¹³ And I charged ^H6680 Baruch ^H1263 before ^H5869 them, saying, ^H559

¹⁴ Thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 the God ^H430 of Israel; ^H3478 Take ^H3947 these evidences, ^H5612 this evidence ^H5612 of the purchase, ^H4736 both which is sealed, ^H2856 and this evidence ^H5612 which is open; ^H1540 and put ^H5414 them in an earthen ^H2789 vessel, ^H3627 that they may continue ^H5975 many ^H7227 days. ^H3117

¹⁵ For thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 the God ^H430 of Israel; ^H3478 Houses ^H1004 and fields ^H7704 and vineyards ^H3754 shall be possessed again ^H7069 in this land. ^H776

¹⁶ Now when ^H310 I had delivered ^H5414 the evidence ^H5612 of the purchase ^H4736 unto Baruch ^H1263 the son ^H1121 of Neriah, ^H5374 I prayed ^H6419 unto the LORD, ^H3068 saying, ^H559

¹⁷ Ah ^H162 Lord ^H136 GOD! ^H3069 behold, thou hast made ^H6213 the heaven ^H8064 and the earth ^H776 by thy great ^H1419 power ^H3581 and stretched out ^H5186 arm, ^H2220 and there is nothing ^H1697 too hard ^H6381 for thee:

¹⁸ Thou shewest ^H6213 lovingkindness ^H2617 unto thousands, ^H505 and recompensest ^H7999 the iniquity ^H5771 of the fathers ^H1 into the bosom ^H2436 of their children ^H1121 after ^H310 them: the Great, ^H1419 the Mighty ^H1368 God, ^H410 the LORD ^H3068 of hosts, ^H6635 is his name, ^H8034

¹⁹ Great ^H1419 in counsel, ^H6098 and mighty ^H7227 in work: ^H5950 for thine eyes ^H5869 are open ^H6491 upon all the ways ^H1870 of the sons ^H1121 of men: ^H120 to give ^H5414 every one ^H376 according to his ways, ^H1870 and according to the fruit ^H6529 of his doings: ^H4611

²⁰ Which hast set ^H7760 signs ^H226 and wonders ^H4159 in the land ^H776 of Egypt, ^H4714 even unto this day, ^H3117 and in Israel, ^H3478 and among other men; ^H120 and hast made ^H6213 thee a name, ^H8034 as at this day; ^H3117

²¹ And hast brought forth ^H3318 thy people ^H5971 Israel ^H3478 out of the land ^H776 of Egypt ^H4714 with signs, ^H226 and with wonders, ^H4159 and with a strong ^H2389 hand, ^H3027 and with a stretched out ^H5186 arm, ^H248 and with great ^H1419 terror; ^H4172

²² And hast given ^H5414 them this land, ^H776 which thou didst swear ^H7650 to their fathers ^H1 to give ^H5414 them, a land ^H776 flowing ^H2100 with milk ^H2461 and honey; ^H1706

²³ And they came in, ^H935 and possessed ^H3423 it; but they obeyed ^H8085 not thy voice, ^H6963 neither walked ^H1980 in thy law; ^H8451 they have done ^H6213 nothing of all that thou commandedst ^H6680 them to do: ^H6213 therefore thou hast caused all this evil ^H7451 to come ^H7122 upon them:

²⁴ Behold the mounts, ^H5550 they are come ^H935 unto the city ^H5892 to take ^H3920 it; and the city ^H5892 is given ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of the Chaldeans, ^H3778 that fight ^H3898 against it, because ^H6440 of the sword, ^H2719 and of the famine, ^H7458 and of the pestilence: ^H1698 and what thou hast spoken ^H1696 is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest ^H7200 it.

²⁵ And thou hast said ^H559 unto me, O Lord ^H136 GOD, ^H3069 Buy ^H7069 thee the field ^H7704 for money, ^H3701 and take ^H5749 witnesses; ^H5707 for the city ^H5892 is given ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of the Chaldeans. ^H3778

²⁶ Then came the word ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 unto Jeremiah, ^H3414 saying, ^H559

²⁷ Behold, I am the LORD, ^H3068 the God ^H430 of all flesh: ^H1320 is there any thing ^H1697 too hard ^H6381 for me?

²⁸ Therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD; ^H3068 Behold, I will give ^H5414 this city ^H5892 into the hand ^H3027 of the Chaldeans, ^H3778 and into the hand ^H3027 of Nebuchadrezzar ^H5019 king ^H4428 of Babylon, ^H894 and he shall take ^H3920 it:

²⁹ And the Chaldeans, ^H3778 that fight ^H3898 against this city, ^H5892 shall come ^H935 and set ^H3341 fire ^H784 on this city, ^H5892 and burn ^H8313 it with the houses, ^H1004 upon whose roofs ^H1406 they have offered incense ^H6999 unto Baal, ^H1168 and poured out ^H5258 drink offerings ^H5262 unto other ^H312 gods, ^H430 to provoke me to anger. ^H3707

³⁰ For the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 and the children ^H1121 of Judah ^H3063 have only done ^H6213 evil ^H7451 before ^H5869 me from their youth: ^H5271 for the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 have only provoked me to anger ^H3707 with the work ^H4639 of their hands, ^H3027 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

³¹ For this city ^H5892 hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger ^H639 and of my fury ^H2534 from the day ^H3117 that they built ^H1129 it even unto this day; ^H3117 that I should remove ^H5493 it from before my face, ^H6440

³² Because of all the evil ^H7451 of the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 and of the children ^H1121 of Judah, ^H3063 which they have done ^H6213 to provoke me to anger, ^H3707 they, their kings, ^H4428 their princes, ^H8269 their priests, ^H3548 and their prophets, ^H5030 and the men ^H376 of Judah, ^H3063 and the inhabitants ^H3427 of Jerusalem. ^H3389

³³ And they have turned ^H6437 unto me the back, ^H6203 and not the face: ^H6440 though I taught ^H3925 them, rising up early ^H7925 and teaching ^H3925 them, yet they have not hearkened ^H8085 to receive ^H3947 instruction. ^H4148

³⁴ But they set ^H7760 their abominations ^H8251 in the house, ^H1004 which is called ^H7121 by my name, ^H8034 to defile ^H2930 it.

³⁵ And they built ^H1129 the high places ^H1116 of Baal, ^H1168 which are in the valley ^H1516 of the son ^H1121 of Hinnom, ^H2011 to cause their sons ^H1121 and their daughters ^H1323 to pass ^H5674 through the fire unto Molech; ^H4432 which I commanded ^H6680 them not, neither came ^H5927 it into my mind, ^H3820 that they should do ^H6213 this abomination, ^H8441 to cause Judah ^H3063 to sin. ^H2398

³⁶ And now therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD, ^H3068 the God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 concerning this city, ^H5892 whereof ye say, ^H559 It shall be delivered ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of the king ^H4428 of Babylon ^H894 by the sword, ^H2719 and by the famine, ^H7458 and by the pestilence; ^H1698

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out ^H6908 of all countries, ^H776 whither I have driven ^H5080 them in mine anger, ^H639 and in my fury, ^H2534 and in great ^H1419 wrath; ^H7110 and I will bring them again ^H7725 unto this place, ^H4725 and I will cause them to dwell ^H3427 safely: ^H983

³⁸ And they shall be my people, ^H5971 and I will be their God: ^H430

³⁹ And I will give ^H5414 them one ^H259 heart, ^H3820 and one ^H259 way, ^H1870 that they may fear ^H3372 me for ever, ^H3117 for the good ^H2896 of them, and of their children ^H1121 after ^H310 them:

⁴⁰ And I will make ^H3772 an everlasting ^H5769 covenant ^H1285 with them, that I will not turn away ^H7725 from them, ^H310 to do them good; ^H3190 but I will put ^H5414 my fear ^H3374 in their hearts, ^H3824 that they shall not depart ^H5493 from me.

⁴¹ Yea, I will rejoice ^H7797 over them to do them good, ^H2895 and I will plant ^H5193 them in this land ^H776 assuredly ^H571 with my whole heart ^H3820 and with my whole soul. ^H5315

⁴² For thus saith ^H559 the LORD; ^H3068 Like as I have brought ^H935 all this great ^H1419 evil ^H7451 upon this people, ^H5971 so will I bring ^H935 upon them all the good ^H2896 that I have promised ^H1696 them.

⁴³ And fields ^H7704 shall be bought ^H7069 in this land, ^H776 whereof ye say, ^H559 It is desolate ^H8077 without man ^H120 or beast; ^H929 it is given ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of the Chaldeans. ^H3778

⁴⁴ Men shall buy ^H7069 fields ^H7704 for money, ^H3701 and subscribe ^H3789 evidences, ^H5612 and seal ^H2856 them, and take ^H5749 witnesses ^H5707 in the land ^H776 of Benjamin, ^H1144 and in the places about ^H5439 Jerusalem, ^H3389 and in the cities ^H5892 of Judah, ^H3063 and in the cities ^H5892 of the mountains, ^H2022 and in the cities ^H5892 of the valley, ^H8219 and in the cities ^H5892 of the south: ^H5045 for I will cause their captivity ^H7622 to return, ^H7725 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

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¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

² Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

³ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴ and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

⁵ and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

⁶ And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

⁷ Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

⁸ So Hanamel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

⁹ And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰ And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

¹¹ So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, `according to' the law and custom, and that which was open:

¹² and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle's `son', and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.

¹³ And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

¹⁴ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

¹⁵ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

¹⁶ Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

¹⁷ Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,

¹⁸ who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰ who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, both in Israel and among `other' men; and madest thee a name, as at this day;

²¹ 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;

²² and gavest them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³ and they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.

²⁴ Behold, the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

²⁵ And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷ Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

²⁸ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

²⁹ and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.

³¹ For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³² because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children 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.

³³ And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

³⁴ But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³⁵ And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through `the fire' unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶ And now therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

³⁸ and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹ and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

⁴⁰ and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

⁴¹ Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴² For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

⁴³ And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴ Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places 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 their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.

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¹ The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah -- it `is' the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar,

² And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that `is' in the house of the king of Judah,

³ Where 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;

⁴ And 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,

⁵ And `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.'

⁶ And Jeremiah saith, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me saying,

⁷ Lo, 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.

⁸ And 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,

⁹ And 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.

¹⁰ And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;

¹¹ And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one.

¹² And 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.

¹³ And 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;

¹⁵ For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Again are houses and fields and vineyards bought in this land.'

¹⁶ And 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:

¹⁸ Doing 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,

¹⁹ Great 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:

²⁰ In 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,

²² And thou givest to them this land that thou didst swear to their fathers to give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey,

²³ And 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;

²⁵ Yet 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!'

²⁶ And 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;

²⁹ And 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.

³⁰ For 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,

³² Because 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.

³³ And 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;

³⁵ And 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,

³⁷ Lo, 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;

³⁸ and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;

³⁹ and 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:

⁴⁰ and 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;

⁴¹ and 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;

⁴³ and 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.

⁴⁴ Fields 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 low country, and in cities of the south, for I turn back their captivity -- an affirmation of Jehovah.'

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¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah: that year was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

² And the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem; and the prophet Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

³ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴ and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans; for he shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

⁵ and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

⁶ And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

⁷ Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum thine uncle, shall come unto thee, saying, Buy for thyself my field which is in Anathoth; for thine is the right of redemption, to buy [it].

⁸ And Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine: buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

⁹ And I bought of Hanameel, mine uncle's son, the field which is in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰ And I subscribed the writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances.

¹¹ And I took the writing of the purchase, that which was sealed [according to] the law and the statutes, and that which was open;

¹² and I gave the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that had subscribed the writing of purchase, before all the Jews that were sitting in the court of the guard.

¹³ And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,

¹⁴ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these writings, this writing of the purchase, both that which is sealed and this writing which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days.

¹⁵ For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be purchased in this land.

¹⁶ And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,

¹⁷ Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee:

¹⁸ who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty ùGod, -- Jehovah of hosts is his name;

¹⁹ great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰ who hast displayed signs and wonders unto this day, in the land of Egypt and in Israel and among [other] men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day.

²¹ And thou broughtest forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs, and by wonders, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terror;

²² and didst give them this land, which thou hadst sworn unto their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

²³ And they came in and possessed it: but they hearkened not unto thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do; so that thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.

²⁴ Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest [it].

²⁵ And thou, Lord Jehovah, thou hast said unto me, Buy for thyself the field for money, and take witnesses; -- and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷ Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

²⁸ Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

²⁹ And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come in and set fire to this city, and shall burn it, and the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have been doing only evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.

³¹ For this city hath been to me [a provocation] of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³² because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children 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.

³³ And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.

³⁴ And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;

³⁵ and they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause to pass through [the fire] their sons and their daughters unto Molech: which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶ And now therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith thus concerning this city, whereof ye say, It hath been given over into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries whither I have driven them, in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

³⁸ And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all [their] days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.

⁴⁰ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.

⁴¹ And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴² For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have spoken concerning them.

⁴³ And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴ [Men] shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of 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 turn their captivity, saith Jehovah.

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¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

² Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

³ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴ and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

⁵ and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, says Yahweh: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?

⁶ Jeremiah said, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁷ Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.

⁸ So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.

⁹ I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰ I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

¹¹ So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

¹² and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.

¹³ I charged Baruch before them, saying,

¹⁴ Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

¹⁵ For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

¹⁶ Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

¹⁷ Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,

¹⁸ who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Hosts is his name;

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰ who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among [other] men; and made you a name, as in this day;

²¹ and brought forth 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;

²² and gave them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³ and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn't obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.

²⁴ Behold, the mounds, they are 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 happened; and, behold, you see it.

²⁵ You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, Buy you the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷ Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

²⁸ Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

²⁹ and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.

³¹ For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³² because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children 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.

³³ They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

³⁴ But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³⁵ They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶ Now therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

³⁸ and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹ and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

⁴⁰ and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

⁴¹ Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴² For thus says Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.

⁴³ Fields shall be bought in this land, about which you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴ Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places 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 their captivity to return, says Yahweh.

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¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

² Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was round Jerusalem, shutting it in: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, in the house of the king of Judah.

³ For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had had him shut up, saying, Why have you, as a prophet, been saying, The Lord has said, See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

⁴ And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not get away from the hands of the Chaldaeans, but will certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will have talk with him, mouth to mouth, and see him, eye to eye.

⁵ And he will take Zedekiah away to Babylon, where he will be till I have pity on him, says the Lord: though you are fighting with the Chaldaeans, things will not go well for you?

⁶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

⁷ See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.

⁸ So Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, came to me, as the Lord had said, to the place of the armed watchmen, and said to me, Give the price and get my property which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for you have the nearest relation's right to the heritage; so get it for yourself. Then it was clear to me that this was the word of the Lord.

⁹ So I got for a price the property in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and gave him the money, seventeen shekels of silver;

¹⁰ And I put it in writing, stamping it with my stamp, and I took witnesses and put the money into the scales.

¹¹ So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:

¹² And I gave the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and of the witnesses who had put their names to the paper, and before all the Jews who were seated in the place of the armed watchmen.

¹³ And I gave orders to Baruch in front of them, saying,

¹⁴ This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take these papers, the witness of this business, the one which is rolled up and stamped, and the one which is open; and put them in a vessel of earth so that they may be kept for a long time.

¹⁵ For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, There will again be trading in houses and fields and vine-gardens in this land.

¹⁶ Now after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,

¹⁷ Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:

¹⁸ You have mercy on thousands, and send punishment for the evil-doing of the fathers on their children after them: the great, the strong God, the Lord of armies is his name:

¹⁹ Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

²⁰ You have done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day, in Israel and among other men; and have made a name for yourself as at this day;

²¹ And have taken your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, causing great fear;

²² And have given them this land, which you gave your word to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³ And they came in and took it for their heritage, but they did not give ear to your voice, and were not ruled by your law; they have done nothing of all you gave them orders to do: so you have made all this evil come on them:

²⁴ See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it.

²⁵ And you have said to me, Give the money to get yourself a property, and have the business witnessed; though the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

²⁶ And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷ See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?

²⁸ So this is what the Lord has said: See, I am giving this town into the hands of the Chaldaeans and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will take it:

²⁹ And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

³¹ For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:

³² Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to make me angry, they and their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

³³ And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

³⁴ But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

³⁵ And they put up the high places of the Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, making their sons and their daughters go through the fire to Molech; which I did not give them orders to do, and it never came into my mind that they would do this disgusting thing, causing Judah to be turned out of the way.

³⁶ And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

³⁷ See, I will get them together from all the countries where I have sent them in my wrath and in the heat of my passion and in my bitter feeling; and I will let them come back into this place where they may take their rest safely.

³⁸ And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹ And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

⁴⁰ And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

⁴¹ And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

⁴² For the Lord has said: As I have made all this great evil come on this people, so I will send on them all the good which I said about them.

⁴³ And there will be trading in fields in this land of which you say, It is a waste, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

⁴⁴ Men will get fields for money, and put the business in writing, stamping the papers and having them witnessed, in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill-country and in the towns of the lowland and in the towns of the South: for I will let their fate be changed, says the Lord.