Jeremiah Prays and God Explains

¹⁶ “After giving the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I ^(A)prayed to the Lord, saying, ¹⁷ ‘^(B)Oh, Lord ^[a]God! Behold, You Yourself have ^(C)made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! ^(D)Nothing is too difficult for You, ¹⁸ who ^(E)shows mercy to thousands, but ^(F)repays the wrongdoing of fathers into the laps of their children after them, ^(G)great and ^(H)mighty God. The ^(I)Lord of armies is His name; ^19 (J)great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose ^(K)eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of mankind, ^(L)giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds; ²⁰ who has ^(M)accomplished signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have ^(N)made a name for Yourself, as at this day. ²¹ You ^(O)brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror; ²² and You gave them this land, which You ^(P)swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. ²³ They ^(Q)came in and took possession of it, but they ^(R)did not obey Your voice or ^(S)walk in Your Law; they did not do ^[b]anything that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made ^(T)all this disaster happen to them. ²⁴ Behold, the ^(U)assault ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city has been ^(V)handed over to the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the ^(W)sword, the famine, and the plague; and what You have spoken has ^(X)come to pass; and behold, You see it. ²⁵ Yet You have said to me, Lord ^[c]God, “Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses”—although the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans.’”