Jeremiah’s Land Purchase

32 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah(A) king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.(B) At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard(C) in the palace of the king of Judah. Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, I am about to hand this city over to Babylon’s king, and he will capture it. Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the Chaldeans; indeed, he will certainly be handed over to Babylon’s king. They will speak face to face[a] and meet eye to eye.(D) He will take Zedekiah to Babylon where he will stay until I attend to him’—this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘You will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed’?”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:4 Lit His mouth will speak with his mouth

Jeremiah Buys a Field

32 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah the king of Judah, that was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was laying siege to Jerusalem and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah, where Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had confined him, saying,[a] “Why are you prophesying, saying,[b] ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Look, I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it, and Zedekiah, the king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but surely he will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak face to face with him[c] and he will see him eye to eye,[d] and to Babylon he will bring Zedekiah, and there he will be until my attending to him,” declares[e] Yahweh. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not be successful”’?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:3 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 32:3 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 32:4 Literally “his mouth shall speak with his mouth”
  4. Jeremiah 32:4 Literally “his eyes shall see his eyes”
  5. Jeremiah 32:5 Literally “a declaration of”