I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’
Jeremiah 32:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Yet you, Lord God, have said to me, “Purchase the field and call in witnesses” #– #even though the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans! ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet, O Lord God, You said to me, Buy the field with money and get witnesses, even though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. American Standard Version (1901) And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Common English Bible So why tell me, LORD God, Buy the field for money and make sure there are witnesses, when the city is under Babylonian control? Catholic Public Domain Version So why, O Lord God, are you saying to me: 'Buy a field with money, and summon witnesses,' while the city is being given into the hands of the Chaldeans?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And sayest thou to me, O Lord God: Buy a field for money and take witnesses, whereas the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans? |
I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’
For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
Look! Siege ramps have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it!
Fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, “It’s a desolation without people or animals; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans! ”
‘Then, as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to the guard’s courtyard and urged me, “Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each for his fellow Hebrew and for his neighbour. I hereby proclaim freedom for you #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #to the sword, to plague, and to famine! I will make you a horror to all the earth’s kingdoms.
Jesus answered him, ‘What I’m doing you don’t realise now, but afterwards you will understand.’