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The word[H1697] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068] in the tenth[H6224]year[H8141] of Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], which was the eighteenth[H8083]year[H8141] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019].
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For then the king[H4428] of Babylon's army[H2428]besieged[H6696]Jerusalem[H3389]: and Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] was shut up[H3607] in the court[H2691] of the prison[H4307], which was in the king[H4428] of Judah's house[H1004].
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For Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] had shut him up[H3607], saying[H559], Wherefore dost thou prophesy[H5012], and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Behold, I will give[H5414] this city[H5892] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and he shall take[H3920] it;
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And Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] shall not escape[H4422] out of the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778], but shall surely[H5414] be delivered[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and shall speak[H1696] with him mouth[H6310] to mouth[H6310], and his eyes[H5869] shall behold[H7200] his eyes[H5869];
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And he shall lead[H3212]Zedekiah[H6667] to Babylon[H894], and there shall he be until I visit[H6485] him, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: though ye fight[H3898] with the Chaldeans[H3778], ye shall not prosper[H6743].
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And Jeremiah[H3414]said[H559], The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
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Behold, Hanameel[H2601] the son[H1121] of Shallum[H7967] thine uncle[H1730] shall come[H935] unto thee, saying[H559], Buy[H7069] thee my field[H7704] that is in Anathoth[H6068]: for the right[H4941] of redemption[H1353] is thine to buy[H7069] it.
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So Hanameel[H2601] mine uncle's son[H1121]came[H935] to me in the court[H2691] of the prison[H4307] according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], and said[H559] unto me, Buy[H7069] my field[H7704], I pray thee, that is in Anathoth[H6068], which is in the country[H776] of Benjamin[H1144]: for the right[H4941] of inheritance[H3425] is thine, and the redemption[H1353] is thine; buy[H7069] it for thyself. Then I knew[H3045] that this was the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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And I bought[H7069] the field[H7704] of Hanameel[H2601] my uncle's son[H1121], that was in Anathoth[H6068], and weighed[H8254] him the money[H3701], even seventeen[H7651]shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701].
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And I subscribed[H3789] the evidence[H5612], and sealed[H2856] it, and took[H5749]witnesses[H5707], and weighed[H8254] him the money[H3701] in the balances[H3976].
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So I took[H3947] the evidence[H5612] of the purchase[H4736], both that which was sealed[H2856] according to the law[H4687] and custom[H2706], and that which was open[H1540]:
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And I gave[H5414] the evidence[H5612] of the purchase[H4736] unto Baruch[H1263] the son[H1121] of Neriah[H5374], the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4271], in the sight[H5869] of Hanameel[H2601] mine uncle's son[H1121], and in the presence[H5869] of the witnesses[H5707] that subscribed[H3789] the book[H5612] of the purchase[H4736], before[H5869] all the Jews[H3064] that sat[H3427] in the court[H2691] of the prison[H4307].
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And I charged[H6680]Baruch[H1263]before[H5869] them, saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Take[H3947] these evidences[H5612], this evidence[H5612] of the purchase[H4736], both which is sealed[H2856], and this evidence[H5612] which is open[H1540]; and put[H5414] them in an earthen[H2789]vessel[H3627], that they may continue[H5975]many[H7227]days[H3117].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Houses[H1004] and fields[H7704] and vineyards[H3754] shall be possessed again[H7069] in this land[H776].
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Now when[H310] I had delivered[H5414] the evidence[H5612] of the purchase[H4736] unto Baruch[H1263] the son[H1121] of Neriah[H5374], I prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068], saying[H559],
17Ah[H162]Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]! behold, thou hast made[H6213] the heaven[H8064] and the earth[H776] by thy great[H1419]power[H3581] and stretched out[H5186]arm[H2220], and there is nothing[H1697] too hard[H6381] for thee:
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Thou shewest[H6213]lovingkindness[H2617] unto thousands[H505], and recompensest[H7999] the iniquity[H5771] of the fathers[H1] into the bosom[H2436] of their children[H1121]after[H310] them: the Great[H1419], the Mighty[H1368]God[H410], the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], is his name[H8034],
19Great[H1419] in counsel[H6098], and mighty[H7227] in work[H5950]: for thine eyes[H5869] are open[H6491] upon all the ways[H1870] of the sons[H1121] of men[H120]: to give[H5414] every one[H376] according to his ways[H1870], and according to the fruit[H6529] of his doings[H4611]:
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Which hast set[H7760]signs[H226] and wonders[H4159] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], even unto this day[H3117], and in Israel[H3478], and among other men[H120]; and hast made[H6213] thee a name[H8034], as at this day[H3117];
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And hast brought forth[H3318] thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478]out[H5186] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] with signs[H226], and with wonders[H4159], and with a strong[H2389]hand[H3027], and with a stretched out[H5186]arm[H248], and with great[H1419]terror[H4172];
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And hast given[H5414] them this land[H776], which thou didst swear[H7650] to their fathers[H1] to give[H5414] them, a land[H776]flowing[H2100] with milk[H2461] and honey[H1706];
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And they came in[H935], and possessed[H3423] it; but they obeyed[H8085] not thy voice[H6963], neither walked[H1980]in[H935] thy law[H8451]; they have done[H6213] nothing of all that thou commandedst[H6680] them to do[H6213]: therefore thou hast caused all this evil[H7451] to come[H7122] upon them:
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Behold the mounts[H5550], they are come[H935] unto the city[H5892] to take[H3920] it; and the city[H5892] is given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778], that fight[H3898] against it, because[H6440] of the sword[H2719], and of the famine[H7458], and of the pestilence[H1698]: and what thou hast spoken[H1696] is come[H935] to pass; and, behold, thou seest[H7200] it.
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And thou hast said[H559] unto me, O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], Buy[H7069] thee the field[H7704] for money[H3701], and take[H5749]witnesses[H5707]; for the city[H5892] is given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778].
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Then came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559],
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Behold, I am the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of all flesh[H1320]: is there any thing[H1697] too hard[H6381] for me?
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, I will give[H5414] this city[H5892] into the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778], and into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and he shall take[H3920] it:
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And the Chaldeans[H3778], that fight[H3898] against this city[H5892], shall come[H935] and set[H3341]fire[H784] on this city[H5892], and burn[H8313] it with the houses[H1004], upon whose roofs[H1406] they have offered incense[H6999] unto Baal[H1168], and poured out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto other[H312]gods[H430], to provoke me to anger[H3707].
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For the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] and the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] have only done[H6213]evil[H7451]before[H5869] me from their youth[H5271]: for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] have only provoked me to anger[H3707] with the work[H4639] of their hands[H3027], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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For this city[H5892] hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger[H639] and of my fury[H2534] from the day[H3117] that they built[H1129] it even unto this day[H3117]; that I should remove[H5493] it from before my face[H6440],
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Because of all the evil[H7451] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] and of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063], which they have done[H6213] to provoke me to anger[H3707], they, their kings[H4428], their princes[H8269], their priests[H3548], and their prophets[H5030], and the men[H376] of Judah[H3063], and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And they have turned[H6437] unto me the back[H6203], and not the face[H6440]: though I taught[H3925] them, rising up early[H7925] and teaching[H3925] them, yet they have not hearkened[H8085] to receive[H3947]instruction[H4148].
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But they set[H7760] their abominations[H8251] in the house[H1004], which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034], to defile[H2930] it.
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And they built[H1129] the high places[H1116] of Baal[H1168], which are in the valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], to cause their sons[H1121] and their daughters[H1323] to pass[H5674] through the fire unto Molech[H4432]; which I commanded[H6680] them not, neither came[H5927] it into my mind[H3820], that they should do[H6213] this abomination[H8441], to cause Judah[H3063] to sin[H2398].
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And now therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], concerning this city[H5892], whereof ye say[H559], It shall be delivered[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] by the sword[H2719], and by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698];
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Behold, I will gather them out[H6908] of all countries[H776], whither I have driven[H5080] them in mine anger[H639], and in my fury[H2534], and in great[H1419]wrath[H7110]; and I will bring them again[H7725] unto this place[H4725], and I will cause them to dwell[H3427]safely[H983]:
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And they shall be my people[H5971], and I will be their God[H430]:
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And I will give[H5414] them one[H259]heart[H3820], and one[H259]way[H1870], that they may fear[H3372] me for ever[H3117], for the good[H2896] of them, and of their children[H1121]after[H310] them:
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And I will make[H3772] an everlasting[H5769]covenant[H1285] with them[H310], that I will not turn away[H7725] from them[H310], to do them[H310]good[H3190]; but I will put[H5414] my fear[H3374] in their hearts[H3824], that they shall not depart[H5493] from me.
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Yea, I will rejoice[H7797] over them to do them good[H2895], and I will plant[H5193] them in this land[H776]assuredly[H571] with my whole heart[H3820] and with my whole soul[H5315].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Like as I have brought[H935] all this great[H1419]evil[H7451] upon this people[H5971], so will I bring[H935] upon them all the good[H2896] that I have promised[H1696] them.
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And fields[H7704] shall be bought[H7069] in this land[H776], whereof ye say[H559], It is desolate[H8077] without man[H120] or beast[H929]; it is given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778].
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Men shall buy[H7069]fields[H7704] for money[H3701], and subscribe[H3789]evidences[H5612], and seal[H2856] them, and take[H5749]witnesses[H5707] in the land[H776] of Benjamin[H1144], and in the places about[H5439]Jerusalem[H3389], and in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and in the cities[H5892] of the mountains[H2022], and in the cities[H5892] of the valley[H8219], and in the cities[H5892] of the south[H5045]: for I will cause their captivity[H7622] to return[H7725], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].