1This is the word that came to Jeremiah…
2Now at that time the king of Babylon’s…
3For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him…
4and Zedekiah king of Judah won’t escape out…
5and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and…
6Jeremiah said, “The LORD’s word came to me,…
7‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle…
8“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me…
9I bought the field that was in Anathoth…
10I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses,…
11So I took the deed of the purchase,…
12and I delivered the deed of the purchase…
13“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,
14the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel,…
15For the LORD of Armies, the God of…
16Now after I had delivered the deed of…
17“Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the…
18You show loving kindness to thousands, and repay…
19great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose…
20who performed signs and wonders in the land…
21and brought your people Israel out of the…
22and gave them this land, which you swore…
23They came in and possessed it, but they…
24“Behold, siege ramps have been built against the…
25You have said to me, Lord GOD, ‘Buy…
26Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
27“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of…
28Therefore the LORD says: Behold, I will give…
29The Chaldeans, who fight against this city, will…
30“For the children of Israel and the children…
31For this city has been to me a…
32because of all the evil of the children…
33They have turned their backs to me, and…
34But they set their abominations in the house…
35They built the high places of Baal, which…
36Now therefore the LORD, the God of Israel,…
37“Behold, I will gather them out of all…
38Then they will be my people, and I…
39I will give them one heart and one…
40I will make an everlasting covenant with them,…
41Yes, I will rejoice over them to do…
42For the LORD says: “Just as I have…
43Fields will be bought in this land, about…
44Men will buy fields for money, sign the…
