Jeremiah 32
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Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord #[ch. 37:5, 11; 39:1, 2; 52:4; 2 Kgs. 25:2] in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, #[ch. 52:12; 2 Kgs. 25:8]which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet #Ps. 88:8 was shut up in #ver. 8, 12; ch. 33:1; 37:21; 38:6, 13; 39:14; [Neh. 3:25]the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. 3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: #ver. 25, 36, 43; ch. 21:10; 34:2; 37:17; 38:3Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it; 4#ch. 34:3 Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, #[See ver. 3 above]but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. 5And #ch. 39:7; 52:11 he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, declares the Lord. #[ch. 21:4; 33:5]Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed’?”
6Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: 7Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, #ver. 25 ‘Buy my field that is at #ch. 1:1; 29:27; Josh. 21:18 Anathoth, #Lev. 25:25; [Ruth 4:4]for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’ 8Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in #[See ver. 2 above] the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Buy my field that is at #[See ver. 7 above]Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
9“And I bought the field at #[See ver. 7 above] Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and #Gen. 23:16; Zech. 11:12; [Matt. 26:15]weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. 10#ver. 44 I signed the deed, #Esth. 3:12 sealed it, #ver. 25 got witnesses, and #[See ver. 9 above]weighed the money on scales. 11Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy. 12And I gave the deed of purchase to #ch. 36:4, 8, 10, 14, 26, 32; 43:3, 6; 45:1-3 Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of #[Isa. 8:2] the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in #[See ver. 2 above]the court of the guard. 13I charged #[See ver. 12 above]Baruch in their presence, saying, 14‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. 15For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and #ver. 43fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.’
Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
16“After I had given the deed of purchase to #See ver. 12Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17‘Ah, Lord God! It is #Isa. 37:16 you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by #See ch. 21:5 your outstretched arm! #ver. 27; See Gen. 18:14Nothing is too hard for you. 18#Ex. 20:6; 34:7; Deut. 5:9, 10 You show steadfast love to thousands, #Ex. 20:6; 34:7; Deut. 5:9, 10 but you repay the guilt of fathers #[Ps. 79:12; Isa. 65:6-7] to their children after them, O great and #Isa. 9:6 mighty God, whose name is the #See ch. 10:16Lord of hosts, 19#Isa. 28:29 great in counsel and #[Ps. 66:3, 5] mighty in deed, #See ch. 16:17 whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, #See ch. 17:10rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. 20You have shown #Ps. 135:9 signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, #2 Sam. 7:23; See Neh. 9:10and have made a name for yourself, as at this day. 21#Ex. 6:6; Deut. 4:34; 1 Chr. 17:21 You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and #See ch. 21:5outstretched arm, #Ex. 6:6; Deut. 4:34; 1 Chr. 17:21 and with great terror. 22And you gave them this land, #Deut. 26:15; See Ex. 3:8which you swore to their fathers to give them, #Deut. 26:15; See Ex. 3:8a land flowing with milk and honey. 23And they entered and took possession of it. #Neh. 9:26, 27; See ch. 11:8; Dan. 9:10-14But they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them. 24Behold, #ch. 33:4; See ch. 6:6 the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and #ver. 36; See ch. 14:12 because of sword and famine and pestilence #See ver. 3the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it. 25Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, #ver. 7 “Buy the field for money #ver. 10 and get witnesses”—though #[See ver. 24 above]the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.’”
26The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27“Behold, I am the Lord, #Num. 16:22 the God of all flesh. #See Gen. 18:14Is anything too hard for me? 28Therefore, thus says the Lord: #ver. 3Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture it. 29The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city #See ch. 21:10 shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, #See ch. 19:13 with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal #See ch. 19:13 and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, #See ch. 7:18to provoke me to anger. 30For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight #ch. 3:25 from their youth. The children of Israel have done nothing but #[See ver. 29 above] provoke me to anger #ch. 25:6, 7by the work of their hands, declares the Lord. 31This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, #2 Kgs. 23:27; 24:3so that I will remove it from my sight 32because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger—#ch. 2:26their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33#ch. 2:27; [Ezek. 8:16]; See ch. 7:24 They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them #See ch. 25:3 persistently, they have not listened #See ch. 5:3to receive instruction. 34They set up #See ch. 7:30; 23:11their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it. 35They built the high places of Baal #ch. 7:31; See Josh. 18:16 in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, #Lev. 18:21 to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, #ch. 7:31 though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do #[See ver. 34 above] this abomination, #[1 Kgs. 16:19]to cause Judah to sin.
They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God
36“Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, #See ver. 3‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: 37#See ch. 23:3 Behold, I will gather them from all the countries #See ch. 8:3 to which I drove them in #ch. 21:5; Deut. 29:28 my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, #ch. 23:6; 33:16; Ezek. 34:25and I will make them dwell in safety. 38#See ch. 30:22; 31:33And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39#Ezek. 11:19, 20 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, #Deut. 6:24for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40#ch. 50:5; Ps. 89:34; Isa. 55:3; Ezek. 16:60 I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. #See ch. 31:33And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41#[Deut. 28:63] I will rejoice in doing them good, #See ch. 24:6and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
42“For thus says the Lord: #[ch. 31:28]Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. 43#ver. 15 Fields shall be bought in this land #ch. 33:10 of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; #See ver. 3it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ 44Fields shall be bought for money, and #ver. 10 deeds shall be signed and #ver. 10 sealed and #ver. 10 witnessed, #See ch. 17:26 in the land of Benjamin, #See ch. 17:26 in the places about Jerusalem, #See ch. 17:26 and in the cities of Judah, #See ch. 17:26 in the cities of the hill country, #See ch. 17:26 in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for #See ch. 30:3I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”
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