Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege

Jeremiah 32

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord n in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, o which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet p was shut up in q the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord: r Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it; 4 s Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, r but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. 5 And t he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, declares the Lord. u Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed'?"

6 Jeremiah said, "The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, v 'Buy my field that is at w Anathoth, x for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.' 8 Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in q the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, 'Buy my field that is at w Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

9 "And I bought the field at w Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and y weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. 10 z I signed the deed, a sealed it, b got witnesses, and y weighed the money on scales. 11 Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy. 12 And I gave the deed of purchase to c Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of d the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in q the court of the guard. 13 I charged c Baruch in their presence, saying, 14 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. 15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and e fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.'

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:5
    The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
    Jeremiah 37:11
    Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army.
    Jeremiah 39:1 - 2
    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.
    Jeremiah 52:4
    And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
    2 Kings 25:2
    So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:12
    In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month - that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon - Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
    2 Kings 25:8
    In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month - that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 88:8
    You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:8
    Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the court ...
    Jeremiah 32:12
    And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the s...
    Jeremiah 33:1
    The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second ...
    Jeremiah 37:21
    So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committe...
    Jeremiah 38:6
    So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cis...
    Jeremiah 38:13
    Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifte...
    Jeremiah 39:14
    Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the gu...
    Nehemiah 3:25
    And to the corner. Palal the son of Uzai repair...
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:25
    Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, "Buy the ...
    Jeremiah 32:36
    Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Is...
    Jeremiah 32:43
    Fields shall be bought in this land of which yo...
    Jeremiah 21:10
    For I have set my face against this city for ha...
    Jeremiah 34:2
    Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and s...
    Jeremiah 37:17
    King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. Th...
    Jeremiah 38:3
    Thus says the Lord : This city shall surely be ...
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 34:3
    You shall not escape from his hand but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face. And you shall go to Babylon.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:3
    For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord : Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:7
    He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 52:11
    He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:4
    Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. And I will bring them together into the midst of this city.
    Jeremiah 33:5
    They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:25
    Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, "Buy the field for money and get witnesses" - though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:1
    The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
    Jeremiah 29:27
    Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
    Joshua 21:18
    Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands - four cities.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:25
    If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
    Ruth 4:4
    So I thought I would tell you of it and say, 'Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you." And he said, "I will redeem it.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:7
    Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:7
    Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 23:16
    Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
    Zechariah 11:12
    Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.
    Matthew 26:15
    And said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:44
    Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.
  18. Cross References
    Esther 3:12
    Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:25
    Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, "Buy the field for money and get witnesses" - though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:9
    And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:4
    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, ...
    Jeremiah 36:8
    And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jerem...
    Jeremiah 36:10
    Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch ...
    Jeremiah 36:14
    Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of N...
    Jeremiah 36:26
    And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son...
    Jeremiah 36:32
    Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it t...
    Jeremiah 43:3
    But Baruch the son of Neriah has set you agains...
    Jeremiah 43:6
    The men, the women, the children, the princesse...
    Jeremiah 45:1 - 3
    The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Bar...
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:2
    And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:12
    And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:43
    Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, 'It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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