"Then Hanamelmy uncle'ssoncameto me in the courtof the guardaccording to the wordof the LORDand saidto me, 'Buymy field,please,that is at Anathoth,whichis in the landof Benjamin;for you have the rightof possessionand the redemptionis yours; buy[it] for yourself.' Then I knewthat thiswas the wordof the LORD.
Then to Abiatharthe priestthe kingsaid,"Goto Anathothto your own field,for you deserveto die;but I will not putyou to deathat thistime,becauseyou carriedthe arkof the LordGODbeforemy fatherDavid,and becauseyou were afflictedin everythingwith whichmy fatherwas afflicted."
Micaiahsaid,"Behold,you shall seeon that daywhenyou enteran innerroomto hideyourself."
and from the tribeof Benjamin:Gebawith its pasturelands,Allemethwith its pasturelands,and Anathothwith its pasturelands.Alltheir citiesthroughout their familieswere thirteencities.
The wordsof Jeremiahthe sonof Hilkiah,of the priestswhowere in Anathothin the landof Benjamin,
Now at that timethe armyof the kingof Babylonwas besiegingJerusalem,and Jeremiahthe prophetwas shutup in the courtof the guard,which[was in] the houseof the kingof Judah,
You have saidto me, O LordGOD,"Buyfor yourself the fieldwith moneyand callin witnesses"--although the cityis giveninto the handof the Chaldeans.'"
Behold,Hanamelthe sonof Shallumyour uncleis comingto you, saying,"Buyfor yourself my fieldwhichis at Anathoth,for you have the rightof redemptionto buy[it]."'
Then the wordof the LORDcameto Jeremiahthe secondtime,while he was stillconfinedin the courtof the guard,saying,
that Jeremiahwentout from Jerusalemto goto the landof Benjaminin order to takepossessionof [some] propertythereamongthe people.
I didso,as I had been commanded.By dayI broughtout my baggagelike the baggageof an exile.Then in the eveningI dugthrough the wallwith my hands;I wentout in the dark[and] carried[the baggage] on [my] shoulderin their sight.
So it was brokenon that day,and thusthe afflictedof the flockwho were watchingme realizedthat it was the wordof the LORD.
Sothe fatherknewthat [it was] at that hourin whichJesussaidto him, "Your sonlives";and he himselfbelievedand his wholehousehold.
