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Jeremiah 32

32 A message that came from the Eternal to Jeremiah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah (the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar), 2 just when the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was a prisoner in the guard-house of the royal palace 3 (for Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “What do you mean by prophesying that the Eternal declares, ‘I will hand over this city to the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it? 4 Nor shall Zedekiah king of Judah make his escape from the Chaldeans; he shall certainly be given up to the king of Babylon, and speak to him personally and see him face to face; 5 the king shall conduct Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain [[till I remember him, says the Eternal; though you fight the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed]]’ ”). 6 This word from the Eternal came to Jeremiah: 7 “Hanamel the son of your uncle is coming to ask you to buy his land at Anathoth, since you have a right to the first offer of it.” 8 So Hanamel the son of my uncle came to me in the guard-house, as the Eternal had predicted. He said, “Pray buy my land at Anathoth; you are the lawful heir, you have a right to the first offer; buy it for yourself.” 8 (Then I realized that the word was really the Eternal’s.) 9 I bought the land at Anathoth from Hanamel the son of my uncle, paying him down two pounds seven shillings in silver. 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, had it witnessed, and paid down the money in full. 11 Then I took the purchase-deeds, the sealed document and the covering envelope, 12 and handed them to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in presence of Hanamel the son of my uncle, in presence of the witnesses who had signed the purchase-deeds, and in presence of all the Jews who were seated in the guard-house. 13 In their presence I gave this charge to Baruch: 14 “These are the orders of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel—take these purchase-deeds, the sealed document and the covering envelope, and place them in an earthen jar, that they may last for many a long day. 15 For, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, the time will come when houses and lands and vineyards shall again be bought in this country.”

16 After I handed the purchase-deeds to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed thus to the Eternal: 17 “[[Ah! Lord Eternal, thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power and outstretched arm--nothing is too hard for thee. 18 Thou showest kindness to thousands, and thou bringest the guilt of fathers home to their children after them, thou great and mighty God, 19 great in counsel and mighty in action, whose eyes are open to all the ways of men, rewarding every man as he has lived, and as his deeds deserve. 20 In Egypt’s land, as ever since, thou didst provide signal deeds of awe, both for Israel and for outsiders; thou didst make thyself a name that is still remembered. 21 From Egypt’s land thou didst bring out thy people Israel with signal deeds of awe, by might and main, spreading terror around: 22 thou gavest them this land which thou hadst sworn to their fathers to give them, a land abounding in milk and honey; 23 they entered in and took possession of it, but they would not listen to thy voice nor follow thy directions; they have not done a thing thou didst command them; and so thou hast made all this evil befall them.]] 24 Here are siege-mounds for storming the city, and under the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, the city is sure to fall into the hands of the Chaldean besiegers! Thy threat has been fulfilled, as thou seest. 25 And it was thou, O Lord Eternal, who didst tell me to buy the land for money: I had the deeds written and sealed and witnessed, and here is the city falling into the hands of the Chaldeans!”

26 Then this word from the Eternal came to me: 27 “I am the Eternal, God over all men; is anything too hard for me? 28 [[I am indeed handing this city over to the Chaldeans and to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who is to capture it. 29 The Chaldean besiegers shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, burning up the houses on whose roofs sacrifice was offered to Baal and libations poured out in honour of foreign gods—in order to spite me! 30 For ever since they were young, the Israelites and the Judahites have done nothing but evil in my sight; 31 ever since the day it was built, down to this day, this city has been provoking me to remove it in anger and fury from my presence, 32 for all the evil that the Israelites and the Judahites have done to spite me--themselves, their kings, their authorities, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the citizens of Jerusalem. 33 They have turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I taught them earnestly and urgently, they would not listen and be instructed. 34 They have defiled the very house that belongs to me, by putting their detestable idols inside it; 35 and they have erected shrines to Baal, in the valley belonging to Ben-Hinnom, for burning alive their sons and daughters to Molek--a thing I never ordered, a thing that never entered my mind, this abominable practice that led Judah into crime!

36 “This therefore is the word of the Eternal, the God of Israel, regarding this city. You say, it is falling into the hands of the king of Babylon, under the sword, the famine, and the pestilence? But the Eternal declares, as surely as I have brought all this grave evil on the people, so surely will I bring upon them all the good I promise. 37 I will gather them from all the countries where I drove them in my anger and fury and fierce wrath, and bring them back to this place, where I will let them live secure; 38 they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them a different life, within and without, a life of lasting reverence for me, to the good of themselves and of their children after them; 40 I will make a lasting compact with them, never to leave off doing them good, and I will put reverence for myself in their hearts, that they may never swerve from me; 41 yes, I will rejoice over them and settle them in this land faithfully, with all my heart and soul.]] 43 In this country that you call desolate, stripped of men and cattle, handed over to the Chaldeans, lands shall again be bought; 44 men shall buy lands for money, deeds shall be subscribed and sealed and witnessed, both in the district of Benjamin and in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem and in the townships of Judah, of the highlands, of the lowlands, and of the south. For I will restore their fortunes, the Eternal promises.”