1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino
in anno decimo Sedeciae regis Iuda
ipse est annus octavusdecimus
Nabuchodonosor
2 tunc exercitus regis Babylonis obsidebat Hierusalem
et Hieremias propheta erat clausus in atrio carceris
qui erat in domo regis Iuda
3 clauserat enim eum Sedecias rex Iuda dicens
quare vaticinaris dicens haec dicit Dominus
ecce ego dabo civitatem istam in manu regis Babylonis
et capiet eam
4 et Sedecias rex Iuda non effugiet de manu Chaldeorum
sed tradetur in manu regis Babylonis
et loquetur os eius cum ore illius
et oculi eius oculos illius videbunt
5 et in Babylonem ducet Sedeciam
et ibi erit donec visitem eum ait Dominus
si autem dimicaveritis adversum Chaldeos
nihil prosperum habebitis
6 et dixit Hieremias
factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens
7 ecce Anamehel filius Sellum patruelis tuus veniet ad te dicens
eme tibi agrum meum qui est in Anathoth
tibi enim conpetit ex propinquitate ut emas
8 et venit ad me Anamehel filius patrui mei
secundum verbum Domini ad vestibulum carceris
et ait ad me
posside agrum meum qui est in Anathoth in terra Beniamin
quia tibi conpetit hereditas
et tu propinquus ut possideas
intellexi autem quod verbum Domini esset
9 et emi agrum ab Anamehel filio patrui mei qui est in Anathoth
et adpendi ei argentum septem stateres et decem argenteos
10 et scripsi in libro et signavi et adhibui testes
et adpendi argentum in statera
11 et accepi librum possessionis signatum
stipulationes et rata et signa forinsecus
12 et dedi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri filii Maasiae
in oculis Anamehel patruelis mei
et in oculis testium qui scripti erant in libro emptionis
in oculis omnium Iudaeorum qui sedebant in atrio carceris
13 et praecepi Baruch coram eis dicens
14 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel sume libros istos
librum emptionis hunc signatum et librum hunc qui apertus est
et pones illos in vase fictili
ut permanere possint diebus multis
15 haec enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
adhuc possidebuntur domus et agri et vineae in terra ista
16 et oravi ad Dominum
postquam tradidi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri
dicens
17 heu heu heu Domine Deus
ecce tu fecisti caelum et terram in fortitudine tua magna
et in brachio tuo extento
non erit tibi difficile omne verbum
18 qui facis misericordiam in milibus
et reddes iniquitatem patrum in sinu
filiorum eorum post eos
fortissime magne potens Dominus exercituum nomen tibi
19 magnus consilio et inconprehensibilis cogitatu
cuius oculi aperti sunt super omnes vias filiorum Adam
ut reddas unicuique secundum vias suas
et secundum fructum adinventionum eius
20 qui posuisti signa et portenta in terra Aegypti
usque ad diem hanc et in Israhel et in hominibus
et fecisti tibi nomen sicut est dies haec
21 et eduxisti populum tuum Israhel de terra Aegypti
in signis et in portentis
et in manu robusta et in brachio extento et in terrore magno
22 et dedisti eis terram hanc quam iurasti patribus eorum ut dares eis
terram fluentem lacte et melle
23 et ingressi sunt et possederunt eam
et non oboedierunt voci tuae
et in lege tua non ambulaverunt
omnia quae mandasti eis ut facerent non fecerunt
et evenerunt eis omnia mala haec
24 ecce munitiones extructae sunt adversum civitatem ut capiatur
et urbs data est in manu Chaldeorum
qui proeliantur adversum eam
a facie gladii et famis et pestilentiae
et quaecumque locutus es acciderunt ut ipse tu cernis
25 et tu dicis mihi Domine Deus
eme agrum argento et adhibe testes
cum urbs data sit in manu Chaldeorum
26 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens
27 ecce ego Dominus Deus universae carnis
numquid mihi difficile erit omne verbum
28 propterea haec dicit Dominus
ecce ego tradam civitatem istam in manu Chaldeorum
et in manu regis Babylonis
et capiet eam
29 et venient Chaldei proeliantes adversum urbem hanc
et succendent eam igni et conburent eam
et domos in quarum domatibus sacrificabant Baal
et libabant diis alienis libamina ad inritandum me
30 erant enim filii Israhel et filii Iuda iugiter facientes malum
in oculis meis ab adulescentia sua
filii Israhel qui usque nunc exacerbant me
in opere manuum suarum dicit Dominus
31 quia in furore et in indignatione mea facta est mihi civitas haec
a die qua aedificaverunt eam usque ad diem istam
qua aufertur de conspectu meo
32 propter malitiam filiorum Israhel et filiorum Iuda
quam fecerunt ad iracundiam me provocantes
ipsi et reges eorum
principes eorum et sacerdotes et prophetae eorum
vir Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem
33 et verterunt ad me terga et non facies
cum docerem eos diluculo et erudirem
et nollent audire ut acciperent disciplinam
34 et posuerunt idola sua in domo
in qua invocatum est nomen meum
ut polluerent eam
35 et aedificaverunt excelsa Baal quae sunt in valle filii Ennom
ut initiarent filios suos et filias suas Moloch
quod non mandavi eis nec ascendit in cor meum
ut facerent abominationem hanc et in peccatum deducerent Iudam
36 et nunc propter ista haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
ad civitatem hanc de qua vos dicitis
quod tradatur in manu regis Babylonis
in gladio et in fame et in peste
37 ecce ego congregabo eos de universis terris ad quas eieci eos
in furore meo et in ira mea et in indignatione grandi
et reducam eos ad locum istum et habitare eos faciam confidenter
38 et erunt mihi in populum et ego ero eis in Deum
39 et dabo eis cor unum et viam unam ut timeant me universis diebus
et bene sit eis et filiis eorum post eos
40 et feriam eis pactum sempiternum et non desinam eis benefacere
et timorem meum dabo in corde eorum
ut non recedant a me
41 et laetabor super eis cum bene eis fecero
et plantabo eos in terra ista in veritate
in toto corde meo et in tota anima mea
42 quia haec dicit Dominus
sicut adduxi super populum istum omne malum hoc grande
sic adducam super eos omne bonum quod ego loquor ad eos
43 et possidebuntur agri in terra ista
de qua vos dicitis quod deserta sit
eo quod non remanserit homo et iumentum
et data sit in manu Chaldeorum
44 agri pecunia ementur et scribentur in libro
et inprimetur signum et testis adhibebitur
in terra Beniamin et in circuitu Hierusalem
in civitatibus Iuda et in civitatibus montanis
et in civitatibus campestribus et in civitatibus quae ad austrum sunt
quia convertam captivitatem eorum ait Dominus
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 And 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; 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
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.