Jeremiah 32:16-25

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ “After I gave the ·record [scroll] of ·ownership [purchase] to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, ¹⁷ Oh, Lord God, you made the ·skies [heavens] and the earth with your very great power [Gen. 1] and ·strength [^Loutstretched arm]. There is nothing too hard for you to do [Ex. 3:20; Job 9:10; 37:5; Mic. 7:15]. ¹⁸ You show ·love and kindness [loyalty] to thousands of people, but you also ·bring punishment to children for their parents’ sins [^Lrepay the iniquities of the fathers to the laps of their children after them; Ex. 34:7; Deut. 5:9–10]. Great and powerful God, your name is the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. ¹⁹ You ·plan [are great in counsel] and ·do great things [mighty in deeds]. ·You see everything that people do [^LYour eyes are open to all the ways/paths of people], and you ·reward people for the way they live and for what they do [^Lgive to each according to his way and according to the fruit of his deeds]. ²⁰ You did ·miracles [signs] and wonderful things in the land of Egypt [Ex. 7–15]. You have continued doing them in Israel and among the other nations even until today. So you have ·become well known [^Lmade yourself a name]. ²¹ You brought your people, the Israelites, out of Egypt using signs and miracles and your ·great power [^Lstrong hand] and ·strength [^Loutstretched arm]. You brought great terror on everyone. ²² You gave them this land that you promised to their ·ancestors [fathers] long ago, a ·fertile land [land flowing with milk and honey; Gen. 12:1–3]. ²³ They came into this land and ·took it for their own [possessed it], but they did not ·obey you [^Llisten to your voice] or follow your ·teachings [laws; instructions]. They did not do everything you commanded. So you made all these terrible things happen to them.

²⁴ “Look! The ·enemy has surrounded the city and has built roads to the top of the walls [^Lsiege ramps have come to the city] to capture it. Because of ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence], the city will be handed over to the ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans] who are attacking it. You said this would happen, and now you see it is happening. ²⁵ But now, Lord God, you tell me, ‘Buy the field with silver and call in witnesses.’ You tell me this while the ·Babylonian army is ready to capture the city [^Lcity is given into the hands of the Chaldeans].”