Jeremiah 32:1-9

New International Version

Jeremiah Buys a Field

32 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth^(A) year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth^(B) year of Nebuchadnezzar. ²The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging^(C) Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined^(D) in the courtyard of the guard^(E) in the royal palace of Judah.

³Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, “Why do you prophesy^(F) as you do? You say, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will capture^(G) it. ⁴Zedekiah^(H) king of Judah will not escape^(I) the Babylonians^[a]^(J) but will certainly be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. ⁵He will take^(K) Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him,^(L) declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’”^(M)

⁶Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: ⁷Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth,^(N) because as nearest relative it is your right and duty^(O) to buy it.’

⁸“Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field^(P) at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’

“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; ⁹so I bought the field^(Q) at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels^[b] of silver.^(R)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 32:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 5, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 43
Jeremiah 32:9 That is, about 7 ounces or about 200 grams

Jeremiah 32:16-17

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¹⁶“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch^(A) son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:

¹⁷“Ah, Sovereign Lord,^(B) you have made the heavens and the earth^(C) by your great power and outstretched arm.^(D) Nothing is too hard^(E) for you.

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Jeremiah 32:24-25

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²⁴“See how the siege ramps^(A) are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague,^(B) the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said^(C) has happened,^(D) as you now see. ²⁵And though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign Lord, say to me, ‘Buy the field^(E) with silver and have the transaction witnessed.^(F)’”