32:1 The word that came from the Lord to
Jeremias in the tenth year of king Sedekias, this is the eighteenth year of
king Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon.
32:2 and the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against
Jerusalem: and Jeremias was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the
king's house;
32:3 in which king Sedekias [had] shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou
prophesy, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I [will] give this city into
the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
32:4 and Sedekias shall by no means be delivered out of the hand of the
Chaldeans, for he shall certainly be given up into the hands of the king of
Babylon, and his mouth shall speak to his mouth, and his eyes shall look
upon his eyes;
32:5 and Sedekias shall go into Babylon, and dwell there?
32:6 AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS, SAYING,
32:7 Behold, Anameel the son of Salom thy father's brother is coming to
thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for thou [hast] the
right to take [it] as a purchase.
32:8 So Anamel the son of Salom my father's brother came to me into the
court of the prison, and said, Buy thee my field that is in the land of
Benjamin, in Anathoth: for thou [hast] a right to buy it, and thou art the
elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord.
32:9 And I bought the field of Anameel the son of my father's brother, and I
weighed him seventeen shekels of silver.
32:10 And I wrote [it] in a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of
witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.
32:11 And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;
32:12 and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight
of Anameel my father's brother's son, and in the sight of the men that stood
by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that
were in the court of the prison.
32:13 And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, Thus saith the Lord
Almighty;
32:14 Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and
thou shalt put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days.
32:15 For thus saith the Lord; There shall yet be bought fields and houses
and vineyards in this land.
32:16 And I prayed to the Lord after I had given the book of the purchase to
Baruch the son of Nerias, saying,
32:17 O [ever] living Lord! thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy
great power, and with thy high and lofty arm: nothing can be hidden from
thee.
32:18 Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers
into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God;
32:19 the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty
God, and Lord of great name: thine eyes are upon the ways of the children of
men, to give to every one according to his way:
32:20 who hast wrought signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this
day, and in Israel, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and thou didst
make for thyself a name, as at this day;
32:21 and thou didst bring out thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt
with signs, and with wonders, with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and
with great sights;
32:22 and thou gavest them this land, which thou didst swear [to give] to
their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey;
32:23 and they went in, and took it; but they hearkened not to thy voice,
and walked not in thine ordinances; they did none of the things which thou
didst command them, and they caused all these calamities to happen to them.
32:24 Behold, a multitude is come against the city to take it; and the city
is given into the hands of the Chaldeans that fight against it, by the power
of the sword, and the famine: as thou hast spoken, so has it happened.
32:25 And thou sayest to me, Buy thee the field for money; and I wrote a
book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city is
given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
32:26 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
32:27 I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: shall anything be hidden from me!
32:28 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel; This city shall certainly
be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
32:29 and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall
burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burnt
incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink-offerings to other
gods, to provoke me.
32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Juda alone did evil in
my sight from their youth.
32:31 For this city was [obnoxious] to my anger and my wrath, from the day
that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from my
presence,
32:32 because of all the wickedness of the children of Israel and Juda,
which they wrought to provoke me, they and their kings, and their princes,
and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the dwellers in
Jerusalem.
32:33 And they turned the back to me, and not the face: whereas I taught
them early in the morning, but they hearkened no more to receive
instructions.
32:34 and they set their pollutions in the house, on which my name was
called, by their uncleannesses.
32:35 And they built to Baal the altars that are in the valley of the son of
Ennom, to offer their sons and their daughters to king Moloch; which things
I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind that they should do this
abomination, to cause Juda to sin.
32:36 And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of
which thou sayest, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of
Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and banishment.
32:37 Behold, I [will] gather them out of every land, where I have scattered
them in my anger, and my wrath, and great fury; and I will bring them back
into this place, and will cause them to dwell safely:
32:38 and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a god.
32:39 And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear me
continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them.
32:40 And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no
means turn away from them, and I will put my fear into their heart, that
they may not depart from me.
32:41 And I will visit [them] to do them good, and I will plant them in this
land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all [my] soul.
32:42 For thus saith the Lord; As I have brought upon this people all these
great evils, so will I bring upon them all the good things which I
pronounced upon them.
32:43 And there shall yet be fields bought in the land, of which thou sayest,
it shall be destitute of man and beast; and they are delivered into the
hands of the Chaldeans.
32:44 And they shall buy fields for money, and thou shalt write a book, and
seal [it], and shalt take the testimony of witnesses in the land of
Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, and in the
cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of
the south: for I will turn their captivity. |
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.
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.
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;
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;
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.
32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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.
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.
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.
32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and
weighed him the money in the balances.
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:
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.
32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
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.
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.
32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the
son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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:
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,
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:
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;
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;
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;
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:
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.
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.
32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too
hard for me?
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:
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my
name, to defile it.
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.
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;
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:
32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. |