Verse 2
Jeremiah 32:2
World English Bible
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Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אָ֗ז חֵ֚יל מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל צָרִ֖ים עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַ/נָּבִ֗יא הָיָ֤ה כָלוּא֙ בַּ/חֲצַ֣ר הַ/מַּטָּרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בֵּֽית מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה
English Translation
And then the army of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard that was in the house of the king of Judah.
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Chapter 32 Context
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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was th...
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Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut u...
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For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “Be...
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and Zedekiah king of Judah won’t escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be deliver...
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and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him,” says Yahweh: “though...
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Jeremiah said, “Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in An...
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“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to Yahweh’s word, and said...
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I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even s...
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I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
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So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions,...
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and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the pr...
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“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,
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Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says: ‘Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase whic...
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For Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards will yet aga...
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Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh,...
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“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your out...
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who show loving kindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their...
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great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to giv...
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who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among oth...
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and brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, with wonders, with a strong hand...
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and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and...
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They came in and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice and didn’t walk in your law. They hav...
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“Behold, siege ramps have come to the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chalde...
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You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;’ whereas the city is...
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Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
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“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
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Therefore Yahweh says: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the ha...
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The Chaldeans, who fight against this city, will come and set this city on fire, and burn it with th...
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“For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight...
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31
For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built...
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32
because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done...
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33
They have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. Although I taught them, rising up early and...
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But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
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They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their son...
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Now therefore Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says concerning this city, about which you say, “I...
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“Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them in my anger, and in my...
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Then they will be my people, and I will be their God (Elohim).
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I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good...
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I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do...
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Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my...
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For Yahweh says: “Just as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them...
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Fields will be bought in this land, about which you say, ‘It is desolate, without man or animal. It...
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Men will buy fields for money, sign the deeds, seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjami...
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