1This is the word that came to Jeremiah…
2At that time the army of the king…
3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him,…
4Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from…
5He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he…
6Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came…
7Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum,…
8Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin…
9So I bought the field in Anathoth from…
10I signed and sealed the deed, called in…
11Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed…
12and I gave this deed to Baruch son…
13In their sight I instructed Baruch,
14“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the…
15For this is what the LORD of Hosts,…
16After I had given the deed of purchase…
17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens…
18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay…
19the One great in counsel and mighty in…
20You performed signs and wonders in the land…
21You brought Your people Israel out of the…
22You gave them this land that You had…
23They came in and possessed it, but they…
24See how the siege ramps are mounted against…
25Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to…
26Then the word of the LORD came to…
27“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of…
28Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold,…
29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this…
30For the children of Israel and of Judah…
31For this city has aroused My wrath and…
32because of all the evil the children of…
33They have turned their backs to Me and…
34They have placed their abominations in the house…
35They have built the high places of Baal…
36Now therefore, about this city of which you…
37I will surely gather My people from all…
38They will be My people, and I will…
39I will give them one heart and one…
40I will make an everlasting covenant with them:…
41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good,…
42For this is what the LORD says: Just…
43And fields will be bought in this land…
44Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds…
