Jeremiah 32:1-15

Jeremiah Buys a Field at Anathoth

32¹ The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah—it 'is' the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar, ² And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that 'is' in the house of the king of Judah, ³ Where Zedekiah king of Judah hath shut him up, saying, 'Wherefore art thou prophesying, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it; ⁴ And Zedekiah king of Judah doth not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but is certainly given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth hath spoken with his mouth, and his eyes see his eyes, ⁵ And 'to' Babylon he leadeth Zedekiah, and there he is till My inspecting him,—an affirmation of Jehovah—because ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye do not prosper.' ⁶ And Jeremiah saith, 'A word of Jehovah hath been unto me saying, ⁷ Lo, Hanameel son of Shallum, thine uncle, is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that 'is' in Anathoth, for thine 'is' the right of redemption—to buy. ⁸ And Hanameel, my uncle's son, cometh in unto me, according to the word of Jehovah, unto the court of the prison, and saith unto me, 'Buy, I pray thee, my field that 'is' in Anathoth, that 'is' in the land of Benjamin, for thine 'is' the right of possession, and thine of redemption—buy for thee.' And I know that it 'is' the word of Jehovah, ⁹ And I buy the field, that 'is' in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle's son, and I weigh to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. ¹⁰ And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances; ¹¹ And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one. ¹² And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle's son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison. ¹³ And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying, ¹⁴ 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Take these books, this purchase-book, both the sealed one and the open one, and thou hast put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days; ¹⁵ For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Again are houses and fields and vineyards bought in this land.'