1 This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" tenth|strong="H6224" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H0834" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". The|strong="H0853" tenth|strong="H6224" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" 18th year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019".
2 At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H0227" the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" was|strong="H1961" surrounding the|strong="H0834" city of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" was|strong="H1961" under|strong="H5921" arrest in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" guard|strong="H4307". This|strong="H0834" courtyard|strong="H2691" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" palace|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063".
3 King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" Jeremiah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" prison in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H5414". Zedekiah|strong="H6667" didn’t like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H0834" Jeremiah|strong="H3068" prophesied|strong="H5012". Jeremiah|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" soon give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". Nebuchadnezzar will|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892".
4 King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" army of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Babylonians|strong="H3778". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" surely|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". And|strong="H3063" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" will|strong="H4428" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" face|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1696" face|strong="H6310". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869".
5 The|strong="H0853" king of|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6485" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". Zedekiah|strong="H6667" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H0854" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" him|strong="H0853".’ This|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". ‘If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" army of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Babylonians|strong="H3778", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6743".’”
6 While|strong="H1961" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prisoner, he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". This|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" message|strong="H1697":
7 ‘Jeremiah|strong="H0413", your|strong="H0834" cousin, Hanamel|strong="H2601", will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" soon|strong="H3588". He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0834" uncle|strong="H1730" Shallum|strong="H7967". Hanamel|strong="H2601" will|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", “Jeremiah|strong="H0413", buy|strong="H7069" my|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704" near the|strong="H0853" town of|strong="H1121" Anathoth|strong="H6068". Buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" my|strong="H0834" nearest relative|strong="H7069". It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" right|strong="H4941" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0834" responsibility to|strong="H0413" buy|strong="H7069" that|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704".”’
8 “Then|strong="H0853" it|strong="H1931" happened|strong="H1697" just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559". My|strong="H3068" cousin Hanamel|strong="H2601" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H4307". Hanamel|strong="H2601" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Jeremiah|strong="H0776", buy|strong="H7069" my|strong="H3068" field|strong="H7704" near the|strong="H0853" town of|strong="H1121" Anathoth|strong="H6068", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" tribe of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Buy|strong="H7069" that|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H0413" because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H0413" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" own|strong="H3425" it|strong="H1931".’”
9 I|strong="H0834" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H7704" Anathoth|strong="H6068" from|strong="H1121" my|strong="H0834" cousin Hanamel|strong="H2601". I|strong="H0834" weighed|strong="H8254" out|strong="H8254" 17 shekels|strong="H8255" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3701" him|strong="H0853".
10 I signed|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3789" deed|strong="H5612" and|strong="H3701" had a|strong="H3789" copy of|strong="H5612" the|strong="H3789" deed|strong="H5612" sealed|strong="H2856" up|strong="H2856". I got some men to|strong="H5612" witness|strong="H5707" what I had done, and|strong="H3701" I weighed|strong="H8254" out|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3789" silver|strong="H3701" on|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3789" scales|strong="H3976".
11 Then|strong="H3947" I took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" sealed|strong="H2856" copy of|strong="H5612" the|strong="H0853" deed|strong="H5612", which contained the|strong="H0853" demands and|strong="H2706" limits|strong="H2706" of|strong="H5612" my|strong="H3947" purchase|strong="H4736", and|strong="H2706" the|strong="H0853" copy that|strong="H5612" was not sealed|strong="H2856".
12 I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" deed|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" Baruch|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neriah|strong="H5374", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahseiah|strong="H4271". I|strong="H5414" did this|strong="H3605" while|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3605" cousin Hanamel|strong="H2601" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" witnesses|strong="H5707" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3427". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H0853" signed|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" deed|strong="H5612". There|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H0853" many people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" who|strong="H3605" saw me|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" deed|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" Baruch|strong="H1263".
13 With|strong="H5869" all the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5869" watching|strong="H5869", I|strong="H6680" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Baruch|strong="H1263",
14 “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": ‘Take|strong="H3947" both copies of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" deed|strong="H5612"—the|strong="H0853" sealed|strong="H2856" copy and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" copy that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" sealed|strong="H2856"—and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0430" a|strong="H3947" clay|strong="H2789" jar|strong="H3627". Do|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" these|strong="H0428" deeds|strong="H5612" will|strong="H3068" last|strong="H5975" a|strong="H3947" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117".’
15 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘In|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" future my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" once again|strong="H5750" buy|strong="H7069" houses|strong="H1004", fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H3068" vineyards|strong="H3754" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478".’”
16 After|strong="H0310" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" deed|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" Baruch|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neriah|strong="H5374", I|strong="H5414" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068":
17 “Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136", with|strong="H1697" your|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H2220" you|strong="H0859" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0776" nothing|strong="H3808" too|strong="H4480" hard|strong="H1419" for|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0776" do|strong="H6213".
18 You|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3068" loyal|strong="H0310" and|strong="H1121" kind to|strong="H0413" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121", but|strong="H7999" you|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" bring punishment|strong="H5771" to|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" for|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" fathers’|strong="H0001" sins|strong="H5771". Great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1121" powerful|strong="H1368" God|strong="H0410", your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful.
19 You|strong="H0834" plan|strong="H6098" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H3605". You|strong="H0834" see|strong="H5869" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0120" do|strong="H3605". You|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" reward|strong="H6529" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" do|strong="H3605" good things|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0834" punish those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" do|strong="H3605" bad things|strong="H3605"—you|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" what|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" deserve|strong="H0376".
20 You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" doing|strong="H6213" powerful miracles|strong="H4159" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H3117", in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" elsewhere. You|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" yourself as|strong="H0834" famous|strong="H8034" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117".
21 You|strong="H0853" used powerful|strong="H2389" miracles|strong="H4159" and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5186" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H0853" used your|strong="H5186" own powerful|strong="H2389" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3318" this. Your|strong="H5186" power|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3478" amazing!
22 “You|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Israelites this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" long ago. It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" very good land|strong="H0776" filled with|strong="H2100" many good things|strong="H0834".
23 They|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" land and|strong="H1980" took|strong="H3423" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" own. But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0834". They|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" follow|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3605" teachings|strong="H8451" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680". So|strong="H1980" you|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" happen|strong="H7122" to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853".
24 “And|strong="H0935" now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" enemy has|strong="H0834" surrounded the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" building ramps|strong="H5550" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" get|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" walls of|strong="H3027" Jerusalem and|strong="H0935" capture|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414". Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3027" war|strong="H2719", hunger|strong="H7458", and|strong="H0935" disease, the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3027" Jerusalem will|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army. The|strong="H6440" Babylonians|strong="H3778" are|strong="H0834" attacking the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" now|strong="H1961". You|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" happen|strong="H1961", and|strong="H0935" now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" happening.
25 “Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136", all those bad things are|strong="H3027" happening. But|strong="H0859" now|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3027" telling|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413", ‘Jeremiah|strong="H0413", buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704" with|strong="H0413" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3027" choose some|strong="H3027" men|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" witness|strong="H5707" the|strong="H0559" purchase|strong="H3701".’ You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3027" telling|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" this|strong="H5749" while|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0559" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army is|strong="H3027" ready to|strong="H0413" capture the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892". Why should|strong="H0559" I|strong="H5414" waste my|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" like|strong="H3701" that|strong="H0559"?”
26 Then|strong="H1961" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414":
27 “Jeremiah|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" every|strong="H3605" person|strong="H1320" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth. You|strong="H3605" know that|strong="H3605" nothing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" impossible for|strong="H3605" me|strong="H4480".”
28 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" soon give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". The|strong="H0853" army will|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892".
29 The|strong="H0853" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army is|strong="H0834" already attacking the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H4616". They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" soon enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0935" start a|strong="H0935" fire|strong="H0784". They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892". There|strong="H2063" are|strong="H0834" houses|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H4616" made|strong="H0834" me|strong="H5921" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" false god|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" housetops|strong="H1406". And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" poured out|strong="H5921" drink offerings to|strong="H0935" other|strong="H0312" idol gods|strong="H0430". The|strong="H0853" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army will|strong="H0430" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" those|strong="H0834" houses|strong="H1004".
30 I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" watched the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Everything they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H4639" since|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121". The|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H3707" very angry|strong="H3707" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0854" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" hands|strong="H3027".” This|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068".
31 “From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" Jerusalem was|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H1961", the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440" angry|strong="H0639". This|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" has|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H0639", so|strong="H4480" I|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" remove|strong="H5493" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H6440".
32 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" destroy|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376", their|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428", leaders|strong="H8269", their|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" have|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" angry|strong="H3707".
33 “They|strong="H3808" should|strong="H0413" have|strong="H0369" come to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" help, but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H6437" their|strong="H3947" backs|strong="H6203" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H3808" tried to|strong="H0413" teach|strong="H3925" them|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7925" and|strong="H6440" again|strong="H7925", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H3808" tried to|strong="H0413" correct them|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085".
34 They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7760" their|strong="H5921" idols|strong="H8251", and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H0834" hate those|strong="H0834" idols|strong="H8251". They|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" their|strong="H5921" idols|strong="H8251" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034", so|strong="H7121" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" Temple|strong="H1004" ‘dirty.’
35 “In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" Ben Hinnom|strong="H2011", they|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" false god|strong="H3808" Baal|strong="H1168". They|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" those|strong="H0834" worship places|strong="H1116" so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" could burn|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" as|strong="H0834" sacrifices. I|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1129" terrible thing|strong="H8441". I|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H3820" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" would|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1129" terrible thing|strong="H8441".
36 “You|strong="H0859" people|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3068" capture Jerusalem. He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" use war|strong="H2719", hunger|strong="H7458", and|strong="H3068" disease to|strong="H0413" defeat|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892".’ But|strong="H0859" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559":
37 ‘I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" forced the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Israel and|strong="H0776" Judah to|strong="H0413" leave their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H0639" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", but|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" gather|strong="H6908" them|strong="H0413" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" forced them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7725". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" let them|strong="H0413" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" peace and|strong="H0776" safety|strong="H0983".
38 The|strong="H0589" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0430" Judah will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430".
39 I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" desire to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259", united|strong="H0259" people|strong="H1121". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" goal—to|strong="H5414" worship|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" lives. They|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" want to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3117".
40 “‘I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H5921" Israel and|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H5769" that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". In|strong="H5921" this|strong="H0834" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" want to|strong="H7725" respect|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414".
41 They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0776" make me|strong="H5315" happy. I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H0776" enjoy doing good|strong="H2895" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". And|strong="H0776" I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H0776" surely|strong="H2063" plant|strong="H5193" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" make them|strong="H0853" grow. I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H0776" do|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" with|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" and|strong="H0776" soul|strong="H5315".’”
42 This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" disaster|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" Judah. In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H3541" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". I|strong="H0834" promise|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H0413".
43 You|strong="H0859" people|strong="H0120" are|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H0369" an|strong="H5414" empty desert. There|strong="H0369" are|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" people|strong="H0120" or|strong="H0369" animals|strong="H0929" here|strong="H2063". The|strong="H0559" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H0776" defeated this|strong="H2063" country|strong="H0776".’ But|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" future people|strong="H0120" will|strong="H0776" once again buy|strong="H7069" fields|strong="H7704" in|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776".
44 They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" use their|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" fields|strong="H7704". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" sign|strong="H3789" and|strong="H3068" seal|strong="H2856" their|strong="H3068" agreements. They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H5707" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0776" signing their|strong="H3068" deeds|strong="H5612". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725" buy|strong="H7069" fields|strong="H7704" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" where the|strong="H0853" tribe of|strong="H0776" Benjamin|strong="H1144" lives, in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" area|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" western foothills|strong="H8219", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" area|strong="H5439" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" southern|strong="H5045" desert. This|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" happen because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0853" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H0776".” This|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3389" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".