1 The word that came to Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) from יהוה in the tenth year of Zedekiah (Tsidqiyahu) king of Judah (Yehudah), which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchad-nezzar.

2 For then the king of Babylon (Bavel)’s army besieged Yerushalayim; and Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah (Yehudah)’s house.

3 For Zedekiah (Tsidqiyahu) king of Judah (Yehudah) had shut him up, saying, “Wherefore dost you prophesy, and say, ‘Thus saith יהוה, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon (Bavel), and he shall take it;

4 And Zedekiah (Tsidqiyahu) king of Judah (Yehudah) shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon (Bavel), and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

5 And he shall lead Zedekiah (Tsidqiyahu) to Babylon (Bavel), and there shall he be until I visit him,” saith יהוה; “though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.”’”

6 And Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) said, “The word of יהוה came unto me, saying,

7 ‘Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come unto you, saying, “Buy you my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’

8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of יהוה, and said unto me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin (Binyamin); for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of יהוה.

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 commandment and custom, and that which was open;

12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriyah, the son of Maaseyah, 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 (Yehudim) that sat in the court of the prison.

13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

14 ‘Thus saith יהוה of hosts (YHWH Tsevaot), the God of Israel (Elohei Yisrael): “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 יהוה of hosts (YHWH Tsevaot), the God of Israel (Elohei Yisrael): “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 Neriyah, I prayed unto יהוה, saying:

17 ‘Ah Lord (Adonai) יהוה! Behold, You have made the heaven and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for You;

18 You shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great the mighty God (El), יהוה of hosts (YHWH Tsevaot) is His name,

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work; for Your 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 (Mitsrayim), even unto this day, and in Yisrael, and among other men; and hast made Yourself a name, as at this day;

21 And hast brought forth Your people Yisrael out of the land of Egypt (Mitsrayim) with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

22 And hast given them this land, which You 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 Your voice, neither walked in Your Torah; they have done nothing of all that You commandedst them to do; therefore You have caused all this disaster (raah) 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 You have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, You seest it.

25 And You have said unto me, O Lord (Adonai) יהוה, “Buy you the field for money, and take witnesses”! For the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’”

26 Then came the word of יהוה unto Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu), saying,

27 “Behold, I am יהוה, the God (Elohim) of all flesh. Is there any thing too hard for Me?”

28 Therefore thus saith יהוה: “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Bavel), 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 the Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods (elohim), to provoke Me to anger;

30 For the children of Yisrael and the children of Judah (Yehudah) have only done evil before Me from their youth; for the children of Yisrael have only provoked Me to anger with the work of their hands,” saith יהוה.

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 Yisrael and of the children of Judah (Yehudah), which they have done to provoke Me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests (kohanim), and their prophets, and the men of Judah (Yehudah), and the inhabitants of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).

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 the 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 (Yehudah) to sin.

36 And now therefore thus saith יהוה, the God of Israel (Elohei Yisrael), concerning this city, whereof you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon (Bavel) 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 (Elohim);

39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear Me forever, 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 יהוה: ‘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 you 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 (Binyamin), and in the places about Jerusalem (Yerushalayim), and in the cities of Judah (Yehudah), 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 יהוה.”