English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 32, verse 37 in Hcsb Version

Jeremiah 32 : 1 (HCSB)

*This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

Jeremiah 32 : 2 (HCSB)

At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard's courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.

Jeremiah 32 : 3 (HCSB)

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.

Jeremiah 32 : 4 (HCSB)

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 and meet eye to eye.

Jeremiah 32 : 5 (HCSB)

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'?"

Jeremiah 32 : 6 (HCSB)

Jeremiah replied, "The word of the LORD came to me:

Jeremiah 32 : 7 (HCSB)

'Watch! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say: Buy my field in Anathoth for yourself, for you own the right of redemption to buy it.'

Jeremiah 32 : 8 (HCSB)

"Then my cousin Hanamel *came to the guard's courtyard as the LORD had said and urged me, 'Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Jeremiah 32 : 9 (HCSB)

So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out to him the money-- 17 shekels of silver.

Jeremiah 32 : 10 (HCSB)

I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on a scale.

Jeremiah 32 : 11 (HCSB)

I took the purchase agreement-- the sealed copy with its terms and conditions and the open copy--

Jeremiah 32 : 12 (HCSB)

and gave the purchase agreement to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah. *I did this in the sight of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement, and all the Judeans sitting in the guard's courtyard.

Jeremiah 32 : 13 (HCSB)

"I instructed Baruch in their sight,

Jeremiah 32 : 14 (HCSB)

'This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these scrolls-- this purchase agreement with the sealed copy and this open copy-- and put them in an earthen storage jar so they will last a long time.

Jeremiah 32 : 15 (HCSB)

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.'

Jeremiah 32 : 16 (HCSB)

"After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

Jeremiah 32 : 17 (HCSB)

Ah, Lord God! You Yourself made the heavens and earth by Your great power and with Your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

Jeremiah 32 : 18 (HCSB)

You show faithful love to thousands but lay the fathers' sins on their sons' laps after them, great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,

Jeremiah 32 : 19 (HCSB)

the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men in order to give to each person according to his ways and the result of his deeds.

Jeremiah 32 : 20 (HCSB)

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt and do so to this very day both in Israel and among mankind. You made a name for Yourself, as *is the case today.

Jeremiah 32 : 21 (HCSB)

You brought Your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Jeremiah 32 : 22 (HCSB)

You gave them this land You swore *to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Jeremiah 32 : 23 (HCSB)

They entered and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or live according to Your law. They failed to perform all You commanded them to do, and so You have brought all this disaster on them.

Jeremiah 32 : 24 (HCSB)

Look! Siege ramps have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened. Look, You can see it!

Jeremiah 32 : 25 (HCSB)

Yet You, Lord God, have said to me: Buy the field with silver and call in witnesses-- even though the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans!"

Jeremiah 32 : 26 (HCSB)

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 32 : 27 (HCSB)

"Look, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

Jeremiah 32 : 28 (HCSB)

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am about to hand this city over to the Chaldeans, to Babylon's king Nebuchadnezzar, and he will capture it.

Jeremiah 32 : 29 (HCSB)

The Chaldeans who are going to fight against this city will come, set this city on fire, and burn it along with the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Jeremiah 32 : 30 (HCSB)

From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in My sight! They have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands"-- *this is the LORD's declaration--

Jeremiah 32 : 31 (HCSB)

"for this city has been up against My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. I will therefore remove it from My presence,

Jeremiah 32 : 32 (HCSB)

because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to provoke Me to anger-- they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 32 : 33 (HCSB)

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.

Jeremiah 32 : 34 (HCSB)

They have placed their detestable things in the house that is called by My name and have defiled it.

Jeremiah 32 : 35 (HCSB)

They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through *the fire to Molech-- something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!

Jeremiah 32 : 36 (HCSB)

"Now therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to this city about which you said: It has been handed over to Babylon's king through sword, famine, and plague:

Jeremiah 32 : 37 (HCSB)

I am about to gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in My wrath, rage, and great fury, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.

Jeremiah 32 : 38 (HCSB)

They will be My people, and I will be their God.

Jeremiah 32 : 39 (HCSB)

I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for *the good of their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

Jeremiah 32 : 40 (HCSB)

"I will make with them an everlasting covenant: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of Me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from Me.

Jeremiah 32 : 41 (HCSB)

I will rejoice over them to do what is good to them, and I will plant them faithfully in this land with all My mind and heart.

Jeremiah 32 : 42 (HCSB)

"For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on these people, so am I about to bring on them all the good I am promising them.

Jeremiah 32 : 43 (HCSB)

Fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying: It's a desolation without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans!

Jeremiah 32 : 44 (HCSB)

Fields will be purchased with silver, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah's cities-- the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev-- because I will restore their fortunes." *This is the LORD's declaration.