Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Jeremiah:
Chapter 32
1. THE
word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zed-e-ki-ah
king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Neb-u-chad-rez-zar.
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 Zed-e-ki-ah 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 Zed-e-ki-ah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the
Chal-de-ans, 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 Zed-e-ki-ah to Babylon, and there shall he be until
I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chal-de-ans, ye
shall not prosper.
6. And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
7. Behold, Han-a-meel 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 Han-a-meel 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 Han-a-meel my uncle's son, that was in
Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen she-kels 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 Bar-uch the son of
Ne-ri-ah, the son of Ma-a-sei-ah, in the sight of Han-a-meel 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 Bar-uch 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 Bar-uch
the son of Ne-ri-ah, 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 Chal-de-ans, 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 hands of the
Chal-de-ans.
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 Chal-de-ans, and into the hand of Neb-u-chad-rez-zar
king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
29. And the Chal-de-ans, 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 Ba-al, 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 Ba-al, which are in the valley of
the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass
through the fire unto Mo-lech; 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:
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
Chal-de-ans.
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.
Nov. 4 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 33
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