1The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

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Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, 2 Kings 25:1, 2 Kings 25:2, Jeremiah 39:1

2And at that time the army of the king of Babylon was laying siege to Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

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Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 37:21, Nehemiah 3:25, Nehemiah 3:25, Jeremiah 33:1

3For Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, "Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 34:3, Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 34:3, Jeremiah 21:4

4and Zedekiah, the king of Judah, shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldaeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

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Jeremiah 39:4, Jeremiah 39:7, 2 Kings 25:4, 2 Kings 25:7, Jeremiah 38:23

5and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah; though ye fight with the Chaldaeans, ye shall not prosper?"

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Jeremiah 39:7, Ezekiel 17:9, Ezekiel 17:10, Jeremiah 33:5, Ezekiel 17:15

6Then said Jeremiah, The word of Jehovah came to me, and said:

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7Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum, thine uncle, will come to thee, and say, Buy thee my field which is in Anathoth, for thine is the redemption-right to buy it.

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Jeremiah 1:1, Jeremiah 1:1, Leviticus 25:25, Jeremiah 11:21, Leviticus 25:25

8And so Hanameel, the son of my uncle, came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of Jehovah, and said to me: Buy, I pray thee, my field, which is in Anathoth, for thine is the right of inheritance and redemption; buy it for thyself! Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 32:7, Jeremiah 32:7, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 32:2, 1 Kings 22:25

9I bought, therefore, the field of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, in Anathoth, and I paid him the money, seventeen shekels of silver.

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1 Kings 20:39, Esther 3:9, Zechariah 11:12, Zechariah 11:13, 1 Kings 20:39

10And I wrote a deed, and sealed it, and took witnesses thereto, and weighed the silver in the balances.

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Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 32:12, Jeremiah 32:12, Jeremiah 32:25

11And I took the purchase-deed, that which was sealed according to the law and the statutes, and that which was open,

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Luke 2:27, Luke 2:27, Acts 26:3, 1 Corinthians 11:16, Acts 26:3

12and I gave the purchase-deed to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the presence of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses, who subscribed their names to the purchase-deed, and in the presence of all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

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Jeremiah 51:59, Jeremiah 32:16, Jeremiah 51:59, Jeremiah 32:16, Jeremiah 36:26

13And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,

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14Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these writings, this sealed purchase-deed, and this open deed, and put them into an earthen vessel, that they may endure a great length of time.

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15For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again shall houses and fields and vineyards be bought in this land.

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Zechariah 3:10, Amos 9:14, Amos 9:15, Zechariah 3:10, Amos 9:14

16And when I had delivered the purchase-deed to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I prayed to Jehovah, saying,

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Jeremiah 12:1, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 32:12

17Ah, Lord, Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and thy stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

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Luke 1:37, Luke 1:37, Jeremiah 32:27, Jeremiah 32:27, Genesis 18:14

18Thou showest kindness to a thousand generations, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of the children who come after them. The great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name,

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Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 10:16, Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 5:9, Deuteronomy 5:10

19great 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;

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Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 16:27, Psalms 62:12

20who hast displayed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

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Nehemiah 9:10, Nehemiah 9:10, Daniel 9:15, Psalms 135:9, Exodus 10:2

21and 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,

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Deuteronomy 26:8, Exodus 6:6, Deuteronomy 26:8, Exodus 6:6, Psalms 105:37

22and hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

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Exodus 13:5, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 13:5, Exodus 3:8, Jeremiah 11:5

23and they have come in and possessed it; but they have not obeyed thy voice, nor walked according to thy law. They have done nothing of all which thou commandedst them to do. Therefore hast thou caused all this evil to come upon them.

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Ezra 9:7, Ezra 9:7, Psalms 78:54, Psalms 78:55, Daniel 9:10

24Behold, the mounds of the enemy have already come up against the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldaeans, who fight against it by means 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.

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Joshua 23:15, Joshua 23:16, Jeremiah 32:36, Deuteronomy 4:26, Jeremiah 33:4

25And yet hast thou said to me, O Lord Jehovah, "Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses thereto!" when the city is given into the hand of the Chaldaeans.

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Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 32:24, Psalms 77:19, John 13:7, Psalms 97:2

26Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah, saying:

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27Behold, I, Jehovah, am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

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Matthew 19:26, Matthew 19:26, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:17, Isaiah 64:8

28Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldaeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

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Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 19:12

29And the Chaldaeans who fight against this city shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out incense to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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Jeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 52:13

30For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil before me from their youth; yea, the children of Israel have but provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 7:22, Jeremiah 7:26, Jeremiah 7:22, Jeremiah 7:26, Genesis 8:21

31For this city hath been the object of my anger and my fury, from the day when they built it even to this day; that I might remove it from before my face,

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2 Kings 23:27, 2 Kings 23:27, Jeremiah 6:6, Jeremiah 6:7, Jeremiah 27:10

32because of all the wickedness of the children of Israel, and of the children of Judah, which they have committed 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.

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Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 1:6, Daniel 9:8, Jeremiah 2:26, Isaiah 1:4

33For they have turned to me the back, and not the face; though I have taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet have they not hearkened to receive instruction.

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Jeremiah 7:13, Jeremiah 7:13, Jeremiah 2:27, Ezekiel 8:16, Jeremiah 2:27

34And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

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Jeremiah 7:30, Jeremiah 7:30, Ezekiel 8:5, Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 8:5

35And they have 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 to Moloch, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should practise their abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

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Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:31, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 18:21, Jeremiah 19:5

36Yet now thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel concerning this city, of which ye say, "It is delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence."

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Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:28

37Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries whither I have driven them in my anger and my fury and my great wrath, and I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell securely,

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Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:16

38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20, Jeremiah 24:7, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20

39And I will give them one heart, and one way, to fear me continually, that it may be well with them, and with their children after them.

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Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20, Acts 4:32

40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, nor cease to do them good; for I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

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Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26

41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in truth, with my whole heart, and with my whole soul.

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Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah 24:6, Zephaniah 3:17, Zephaniah 3:17, Amos 9:15

42For thus saith Jehovah: As I have brought upon this people all this great evil, so will I bring upon them all the good which I have promised them.

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Jeremiah 31:28, Jeremiah 31:28, Zechariah 8:14, Zechariah 8:15, Joshua 23:14

43And fields shall yet be bought in this land, of which ye say, "It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldaeans."

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Ezekiel 37:11, Ezekiel 37:14, Jeremiah 32:15, Ezekiel 37:11, Ezekiel 37:14

44Fields shall men buy for money, and subscribe deeds, 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 hill-country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south; for I will bring them back from their captivity, saith Jehovah.

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Jeremiah 17:26, Jeremiah 17:26, Jeremiah 33:7, Jeremiah 33:11, Jeremiah 33:26