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Jeremiah
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| Jeremiah 32:1 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 32:2 |
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Now 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, which was in the house of the king of Judah, |
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| Jeremiah 32:3 |
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because Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him
up, saying, "Why do you prophesy, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about
to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it; |
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| Jeremiah 32:4 |
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and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out
of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the
king of Babylon, and he will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye; |
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| Jeremiah 32:5 |
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and he will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he
will be there until I visit him," declares the LORD. "If you fight against the
Chaldeans, you will not succeed"'?" |
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| Jeremiah 32:6 |
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And Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came
to me, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 32:7 |
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'Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle
is coming to you, saying, "Buy for yourself my field which is at Anathoth, for
you have the right of redemption to buy it."' |
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| Jeremiah 32:8 |
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"Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the
court of the guard according to the word of the LORD and said to me, 'Buy my field,
please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the
right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I
knew that this was the word of the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 32:9 |
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"I bought the field which was at Anathoth from
Hanamel my uncle's son, and I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels
of silver. |
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| Jeremiah 32:10 |
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"I signed and sealed the deed, and called in
witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. |
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| Jeremiah 32:11 |
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"Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the
sealed copy containing the terms and conditions and the open copy; |
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| Jeremiah 32:12 |
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and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the
son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle's son and
in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the
Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard. |
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| Jeremiah 32:13 |
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"And I commanded Baruch in their presence, saying,
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| Jeremiah 32:14 |
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'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
"Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them
in an earthenware jar, that they may last a long time." |
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| Jeremiah 32:15 |
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'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel, "Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land."' |
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Jeremiah Prays and God Explains |
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| Jeremiah 32:16 |
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"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch
the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 32:17 |
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Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens
and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too
difficult for You, |
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| Jeremiah 32:18 |
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who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays
the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and
mighty God. The LORD of hosts is His name; |
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| Jeremiah 32:19 |
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great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes
are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his
ways and according to the fruit of his deeds; |
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| Jeremiah 32:20 |
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who has set signs and wonders in the land of
Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made
a name for Yourself, as at this day. |
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| Jeremiah 32:21 |
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'You brought Your people Israel out of the land
of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched
arm and with great terror; |
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| Jeremiah 32:22 |
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and gave them this land, which You swore to
their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
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| Jeremiah 32:23 |
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'They came in and took possession of it, but
they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law; they have done nothing of all
that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made all this calamity come
upon them. |
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| Jeremiah 32:24 |
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'Behold, the siege ramps have reached the city
to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against
it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken
has come to pass; and behold, You see it. |
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| Jeremiah 32:25 |
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'You have said to me, O Lord GOD, "Buy for yourself
the field with money and call in witnesses"--although the city is given into the
hand of the Chaldeans.'" |
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| Jeremiah 32:26 |
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,
saying, |
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| Jeremiah 32:27 |
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"Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh;
is anything too difficult for Me?" |
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| Jeremiah 32:28 |
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Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am
about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and he will take it. |
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| Jeremiah 32:29 |
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"The Chaldeans who are fighting against this
city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people
have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to
other gods to provoke Me to anger. |
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| Jeremiah 32:30 |
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"Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah
have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel
have been only provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands," declares the
LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 32:31 |
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"Indeed this city has been to Me a provocation
of My anger and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day, so
that it should be removed from before My face, |
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| Jeremiah 32:32 |
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because of all the evil of the sons of Israel
and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger--they, their
kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
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| Jeremiah 32:33 |
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"They have turned their back to Me and not their
face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen and
receive instruction. |
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| Jeremiah 32:34 |
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"But they put their detestable things in the
house which is called by My name, to defile it. |
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| Jeremiah 32:35 |
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"They built the high places of Baal that are
in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through
the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind
that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. |
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| Jeremiah 32:36 |
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"Now therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel
concerning this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king
of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.' |
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| Jeremiah 32:37 |
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"Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands
to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation;
and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety. |
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| Jeremiah 32:38 |
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"They shall be My people, and I will be their
God; |
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| Jeremiah 32:39 |
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and I will give them one heart and one way,
that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children
after them. |
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| Jeremiah 32:40 |
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"I will make an everlasting covenant with them
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear
of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. |
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| Jeremiah 32:41 |
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"I will rejoice over them to do them good and
will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. |
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| Jeremiah 32:42 |
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"For thus says the LORD, 'Just as I brought
all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the
good that I am promising them. |
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| Jeremiah 32:43 |
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'Fields will be bought in this land of which
you say, "It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand
of the Chaldeans." |
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| Jeremiah 32:44 |
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'Men will buy fields for money, sign and seal
deeds, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem,
in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the
lowland and in the cities of the Negev; for I will restore their fortunes,' declares
the LORD." |
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