Jer 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.
Jer 32:2 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.
Jer 32:3 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;
Jer 32:4 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;
Jer 32:5 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.
Jer 32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Jer 32:7 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.
Jer 32:8 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.
Jer 32:9 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.
Jer 32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and
weighed him the money in the balances.
Jer 32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed
according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
Jer 32:12 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.
Jer 32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
Jer 32:14 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.
Jer 32:15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields
and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
Jer 32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the
son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,
Jer 32:17 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:
Jer 32:18 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,
Jer 32:19 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:
Jer 32:20 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;
Jer 32:21 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;
Jer 32:22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers
to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Jer 32:23 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:
Jer 32:24 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.
Jer 32:25 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.
Jer 32:26 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
Jer 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too
hard for me?
Jer 32:28 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:
Jer 32:29 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.
Jer 32:30 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.
Jer 32:31 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,
Jer 32:32 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.
Jer 32:33 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.
Jer 32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my
name, to defile it.
Jer 32:35 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.
Jer 32:36 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;
Jer 32:37 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:
Jer 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Jer 32:39 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:
Jer 32:40 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.
Jer 32:41 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.
Jer 32:42 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.
Jer 32:43 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.
Jer 32:44 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.