6 And Jeremiah said The word of the LORD came unto me saying 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 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
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 10 And I subscribed the evidence and sealed it and took witnesses and weighed him the money in the balances 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 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 13 And I charged Baruch before them saying 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 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land
16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah I prayed unto the LORD saying 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 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 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 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 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 22 And hast given them this land which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey 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 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 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
26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah saying 27 Behold I am the LORD the God of all flesh is there any thing too hard for me 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 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 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 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 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 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 34 But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to defile it 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
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 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 38 And they shall be my people and I will be their God 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 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 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 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 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 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
