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          DASV: Jeremiah 32    

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth
year of Zedekiah king of Judah, that was the eighteenth year
of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging
Jerusalem; Jeremiah the prophet was locked up in the courtyard
of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had incarcerated him, saying, "Why
do you prophesy, and say, 'This is what the LORD says, Look, I
will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
he will capture it.
4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the
Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king
of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face, and look him
straight in the eye.
5 He will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until
I have taken care of him, says the LORD. Though you fight against
the Chaldeans, you will not succeed?'"

6 Then Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
7 Look, Hanamel the son of your uncle Shallum will come to you,
saying, 'Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for you have the
right of redemption to buy it.'"
8 So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the courtyard of the
guard just as the word of the LORD had told me. He said
"Please buy my field, that is in Anathoth, which is in the
land of Benjamin, for you have the right of possession and
redemption to it. Purchase it for yourself." Then I knew
that this was the word of the LORD.
9 So I bought the field that was in Anathoth from Hanamel
my uncle's son, and weighed out the money for him, seventeen
shekels of silver.
10 I signed the bill of sale and sealed it, had witnesses,
and then weighed the money on the scales for him.
11 So I took the bill of sale, both the one that was sealed,
having the terms and conditions, and the other copy that
was open.
12 I delivered the bill of sale to Baruch the son of Neriah,
the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's
son, and in the presence of the witnesses who had signed
the bill of sale, before all the Jews who sat in the
courtyard of the guard.
13 Then I told Baruch before them, saying,
14 "This is what the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel says:
Take both these bills of sale, the sealed as well as the
open one, and put them in a clay pot that they may be
preserved for a long time.
15 For this is what the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel
says: Houses, fields and vineyards will be bought again
in this land."

16 Now after I had delivered the bill of sale to Baruch the
son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
17 "Ah sovereign LORD! You have made the heavens and the
earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
There is nothing too hard for you.
18 You show loyal love to thousands, and repay the sins
of the fathers into the lap of their children after them,
O great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
19 You are great in wisdom and mighty in deed. Your eyes are
open on all the ways of human beings, to reward everyone
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of
his actions.
20 You did signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, still
talked about to this day both in Israel and among all
nations. You have made a name for yourself that remains
to this day.
21 You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt
with signs and wonders, and with a strong hand and with
an outstretched arm and with great terror.
22 You gave them this land that you promised to their
forefathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 They entered and possessed it, but they did not obey
your voice, neither walked in your law. They did nothing
of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you have
caused all this disaster to come on them.
24 Look, the siege ramps are come against the city to
capture it. The city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans who are fighting against it. You are using
the sword, famine, and plague; just as you said would
happen, as you now can see that it is.
25 You told me, O sovereign LORD, 'Buy the field for
money and have witnesses.' But the city is given into
the hand of the Chaldeans.'"

26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
27 "I am the LORD, the God of all flesh.
Is there anything too hard for me?
28 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will give
this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will
capture it.
29 The Chaldeans who are attacking this city will come
and set this city on fire, and burn it, along with the
houses on whose roofs they previously offered incense
to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods
to provoke me to anger.
30 For the people of Israel and Judah have done only what
was evil in my sight from their youth up. For the
children of Israel have done nothing but provoke me
to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD.
31 For this city has provoked my anger and wrath from
the day that it was built until this day. So I am committed
to removing it from my sight,
32 because of all the evil of the people of Israel and
Judah have done to provoke me to anger--they, their
kings, officials, priests and prophets, along with the
people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 They have turned their backs to me and not their faces.
Though I repeatedly taught them, yet they did not listen
or accept correction.
34 But they set up their abominable idols in the house
that is called by my name and defiled it.
35 They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of
Ben Hinnom, in order to cause their sons and daughters
to pass through the fire in sacrifice to Molech. I never
commanded them to do that, nor did it ever come into
my mind that they should do this abomination, causing
Judah to sin."

36 "Now therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel
says concerning this city, as you have been saying, 'It
is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword,
famine, and plague.'
37 Look, I will gather them out of all the countries where
I have driven them in my anger, fury and great wrath.
I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause
them to live in safety.
38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.
39 I will give them one heart and one path that they may
fear me forever, for their good and the good of their
children after them.
40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them. I will
never cease doing good to them. I will put my fear in
their hearts, so that they will never turn aside from me.
41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I
will plant them in this land with the faithfulness of
my whole heart and soul.
42 For this is what the LORD says: Just as I brought all
this great disaster on this people, so will I bring on
them all the good that I have promised them.
43 Fields will be bought in this land of which you are
saying, 'It is desolate, uninhabitable by humans or
animals. It is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'
44 People will buy fields for money, and sign and seal
deeds before witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and
in the places around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah,
and in the towns of the hill country, and in the towns of
the Shephelah foothills, and in the towns of the Negev.
For I will restore their fortunes," says the LORD.

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