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Chapter 32 |
| 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. |
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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. |
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10 | And I subscribed the evidence, and
sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
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| 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, |
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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: |
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| 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: |
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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. |
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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: |
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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:
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
