1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which [was] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar; 2for then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which [was] in the king of Judah's house. 3For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus hath the LORD said, Behold, I give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it? 4And 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; 5and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, said the LORD; if ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper? 6And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle comes unto thee, saying, Buy my field that [is] in Anathoth, for the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it]. 8So Hanameel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard 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. 9And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver. 10And I subscribed the evidence and sealed [it] and took witnesses and weighed [him] the money in the balances. 11So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open. 12And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel my uncle's [son] and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase before all the Jews that were in the court of the guard. 13And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 14Thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel, said: Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both [that] which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel that they may continue many days. 15For thus hath the LORD of the hosts the God of Israel said: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be bought [and sold] again in this land. 16Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 17Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing hidden from thee; 18that thou dost show mercy in thousands and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them, the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of the hosts, [is] his name, 19great in counsel and magnificent in works: for thine eyes [are] open upon all the ways of the sons of men to give unto each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings; 20who hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, and in Israel, and in the man, and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 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; 22and hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; 23and they came in and possessed it; but they did not hear thy voice, neither did they walk in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou didst command them to do, therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. 24Behold the siege engines 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 dost see [it]. 25And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy the field for money and take witnesses; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 27Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: peradventure shall any thing be covered unto me? 28Therefore thus hath the LORD said; Behold, I give this city into the hand of [the] Chaldeans, and into [the] hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 29and 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. 30For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done only evil before me from their youth: for the sons of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, said the LORD. 31For this city has been unto me [as] a provocation of my 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 32because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and of the sons 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. 33And they have turned unto me the back and not the face: when I taught them, rising up early and teaching [them], yet they did not hearken to receive chastisement; 34but they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. 35And they built altars unto 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 did not command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. 36And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto this city, of which 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; 37behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in my anger, in my fury and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: 38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever for the good of them and of their sons after them: 40and I will make an eternal covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good, and I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me. 41And, I will rejoice with them doing them good, and I will plant them in this land with truth, with my whole heart and with my whole soul. 42For thus hath the LORD said; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I speak regarding them. 43And they shall possess inheritance in this land, of which ye say, [It is] desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. 44Men 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 turn, saith the LORD.: