(KJV) Jeremiah 32¹

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⥃Jeremiah Buys Hanamel’s Field

[1] The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the² tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth³ year of Nebuchadrezzar.⁴ [2] For then⁵ the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah⁶ the prophet was shut up in the⁷ court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah’s house. [3] For Zedekiah⁸ king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore⁹ dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold¹⁰, 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;¹¹ [5] And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until¹² I visit him, saith the Lord: though¹³ ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

[6] [¶]And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [7] Behold¹⁴, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that [is] in Anathoth¹⁵: for¹⁶ the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it]. [8] So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court¹⁷ of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth¹⁸, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I¹⁹ knew that this²⁰ [was] the word of the Lord. [9] And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed²¹ him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver²². [10] And I²³ subscribed the evidence²⁴, and sealed²⁵ [it], and took²⁶ witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances. [11] So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according²⁷] to the law and custom, and that which was open: [12] And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch²⁸ the son of Neriah²⁹, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s [son], and in³⁰ 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; Take³¹ 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; Houses³² and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

⥃Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

[16] Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed³³ unto the Lord, saying, [17] Ah³⁴ Lord God! behold, thou³⁵ hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there³⁶ is nothing too hard for thee: [18] Thou shewest³⁷ lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest³⁸ the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great³⁹, the Mighty God, the Lord⁴⁰ of hosts, [is] his name, [19] Great⁴¹ in counsel, and mighty in work⁴²: for⁴³ thine eyes [are] open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give⁴⁴ every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: [20] Which hast set⁴⁵ signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, and in Israel, and among [other] men; and hast⁴⁶ made thee a name, as at this day; [21] And hast brought⁴⁷ forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong⁴⁸ hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; [22] And hast given them this land, which⁴⁹ thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land⁵⁰ flowing with milk and honey; [23] And they came in, and possessed⁵¹ it; but⁵² they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have⁵³ done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore⁵⁴ thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: [24] Behold the mounts⁵⁵, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is⁵⁶ given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because⁵⁷ of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what⁵⁸ thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it]. [25] And thou⁵⁹ hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee the field for⁶⁰ money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⥃The LORD Answers Jeremiah

[26] Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, [27] Behold, I [am] the Lord, the God⁶¹ of all flesh: is⁶² there any thing too hard for me? [28] Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold⁶³, 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 set⁶⁴ fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon⁶⁵ whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. [30] For the children⁶⁶ of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from⁶⁷ 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 city⁶⁸ hath been to me [as] a provocation of mine anger⁶⁹ and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I⁷⁰ 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 they⁷¹ 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 turned⁷² unto me the back⁷³, and not the face: though I taught them, rising⁷⁴ 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.⁷⁵ [35] And they built⁷⁶ the high places of Baal, which⁷⁷ [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause⁷⁸ 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.

⥃A Promise of Restoration ^{[ Ezekiel 11:13–21 ]}

[36] [¶]And now⁷⁹ therefore thus sait⁸⁰h 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 gather⁸¹ 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 cause⁸² them to dwell safely: [38] And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:⁸³ [39] And I⁸⁴ will give them one heart, and one way⁸⁵, that they may⁸⁶ fear me for ever⁸⁷, for the⁸⁸ good of them, and of their children after them: [40] And I will make⁸⁹ an everlasting covenant with them, that I⁹⁰ will not turn away from them⁹¹, to do them good; but I⁹² will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. [41] Yea, I⁹³ will rejoice over them to do them good, and I⁹⁴ will plant them in this land assuredly⁹⁵ with my whole heart and with my whole soul. [42] For thus saith the Lord; Like⁹⁶ as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so⁹⁷ 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.⁹⁸ [44] Men shall buy⁹⁹ fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land¹⁰⁰ 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 I¹⁰¹ will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

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