Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD a in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
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For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up b in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
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For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, "Why do you c prophesy and say, 'Thus says the LORD: d "Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
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"and Zedekiah king of Judah e shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see him f eye to eye;
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"then he shall g lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be h until I visit him," says the LORD; i "though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed" '?"
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And Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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'Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, "Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the j right of redemption is yours to buy it." '
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"Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, 'Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
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"So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and k weighed out to him the money - seventeen shekels of silver.
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"And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.
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"So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open;
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"and I gave the purchase deed to l Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the m witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
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"Then I charged n Baruch before them, saying,
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'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days."
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'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be o possessed again in this land." '
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:1
Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.
2 Kings 25:2
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 39:1
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 39:2
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 3:25
Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king's upper house that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
Jeremiah 33:1
Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying.
Jeremiah 37:21
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 39:14
Then they sent someone to take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 26:8
Now it happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, "You will surely die!
Jeremiah 26:9
Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without an inhabitant'?" And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 21:3 - 7
Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 34:2
Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
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Cross References
2 Kings 25:4 - 7
Then the city wall was broken through, and all ...
Jeremiah 34:3
'And you shall not escape from his hand, but sh...
Jeremiah 38:18
'But if you do not surrender to the king of Bab...
Jeremiah 38:23
'So they shall surrender all your wives and chi...
Jeremiah 39:5
But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook...
Jeremiah 52:9
So they took the king and brought him up to the...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 39:5
But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 27:22
'They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them,' says the LORD. 'Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.'"
Jeremiah 39:7
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
Ezekiel 12:12
And the prince who is among them shall bear his belongings on his shoulder at twilight and go out. They shall dig through the wall to carry them out through it. He shall cover his face, so that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.
Ezekiel 12:13
I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 27:22
'They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them,' says the LORD. 'Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.'"
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Cross References
Jeremiah 21:4
Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will assemble them in the midst of this city.
Jeremiah 33:5
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.
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Cross References
Leviticus 25:24
And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land.
Leviticus 25:25
If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold.
Leviticus 25:32
Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
Ruth 4:4
"And I thought to inform you, saying, 'Buy it back in the presence of the inhabitants and the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.' " And he said, "I will redeem it."
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Cross References
Genesis 23:16
And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.
Zechariah 11:12
Then I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain." So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 36:4
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.
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Cross References
Isaiah 8:2
"And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
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Cross References
Jeremiah 36:4
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.
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Cross References
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Jeremiah 31:5
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Jeremiah 31:12
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Jeremiah 31:14
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Amos 9:14
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Amos 9:15
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Zechariah 3:10
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