< Jeremiah 32 >

1 This is the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah's reign, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign.
[the] word which to be to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD (in/on/with year *Q(K)*) [the] tenth to/for Zedekiah king Judah he/she/it [the] year eight ten year to/for Nebuchadnezzar
2 This was when the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the guard's courtyard, part of the king of Judah's palace.
and then strength: soldiers king Babylon to confine upon Jerusalem and Jeremiah [the] prophet to be to restrain in/on/with court [the] guardhouse which house: home king Judah
3 Zedekiah king of Judah had put him in prison, telling him: “Why do you have to prophesy like this? You say the Lord is saying, ‘Look, I'm going to hand over this city to the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
which to restrain him Zedekiah king Judah to/for to say why? you(m. s.) to prophesy to/for to say thus to say LORD look! I to give: give [obj] [the] city [the] this in/on/with hand: power king Babylon and to capture her
4 Zedekiah king of Judah won't escape from the Babylonians. He will be captured and taken to the king of Babylon to speak with him personally and see him face to face.
and Zedekiah king Judah not to escape from hand: power [the] Chaldea for to give: give to give: give in/on/with hand: power king Babylon and to speak: speak lip his with lip his and eye his [obj] (eye his *Q(K)*) to see: see
5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he'll remain until I deal with him, declares the Lord. You won't be successful if you fight against the Babylonians.’”
and Babylon to go: take [obj] Zedekiah and there to be till to reckon: visit I [obj] him utterance LORD for to fight with [the] Chaldea not to prosper
6 Jeremiah answered, “The Lord gave me a message, saying:
and to say Jeremiah to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
7 Your cousin Hanamel, son of Shallum, is coming to tell you, ‘Why don't you buy my field in Anathoth because you have the right to redeem it and buy it?’
behold Hanamel son: child Shallum beloved: male relative your to come (in): come to(wards) you to/for to say to buy to/for you [obj] land: country my which in/on/with Anathoth for to/for you justice [the] redemption to/for to buy
8 Just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel arrived to see me in the guard's courtyard and asked me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin because you have the right of family ownership to redeem it. You should buy it for yourself.’” This convinced me that this was a message from the Lord.
and to come (in): come to(wards) me Hanamel son: descendant/people beloved: male relative my like/as word LORD to(wards) court [the] guardhouse and to say to(wards) me to buy please [obj] land: country my which in/on/with Anathoth which in/on/with land: country/planet Benjamin for to/for you justice [the] possession and to/for you [the] redemption to buy to/for you and to know for word LORD he/she/it
9 So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver to pay him.
and to buy [obj] [the] land: country from with Hanamel son: descendant/people beloved: male relative my which in/on/with Anathoth and to weigh [emph?] to/for him [obj] [the] silver: money seven shekel and ten [the] silver: money
10 I signed the deed and sealed it, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver using the scales.
and to write in/on/with scroll: document and to seal and to testify witness and to weigh [the] silver: money in/on/with balance
11 Then I took the deed of sale, both the sealed original containing the terms and conditions, and the unsealed copy,
and to take: take [obj] scroll: document [the] purchase [obj] [the] to seal [the] commandment and [the] statute: decree and [obj] [the] to reveal: uncover
12 and handed them to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah. I did this in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the deed of sale, and all the people of Judah who were sitting there in the guard's courtyard.
and to give: give [obj] [the] scroll: document [the] purchase to(wards) Baruch son: child Neriah son: child Mahseiah to/for eye: before(the eyes) Hanamel beloved: male relative my and to/for eye: before(the eyes) [the] witness [the] to write in/on/with scroll: document [the] purchase to/for eye: before(the eyes) all [the] Jew [the] to dwell in/on/with court [the] guardhouse
13 I gave Baruch these instructions in front of them,
and to command [obj] Baruch to/for eye: before(the eyes) their to/for to say
14 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Put these deeds of sale, the sealed original and the open copy, in a clay jar so they can be kept safe for a long time.
thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel to take: take [obj] [the] scroll: document [the] these [obj] scroll: document [the] purchase [the] this and [obj] [the] to seal and [obj] scroll: document [the] to reveal: uncover [the] this and to give: put them in/on/with article/utensil earthenware because to stand: stand day many
15 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: The time will come when once again houses, fields, and vineyards will be bought in this country.”
for thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel still to buy house: home and land: country and vineyard in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this
16 After I had given the deed of sale to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
and to pray to(wards) LORD after to give: give I [obj] scroll: document [the] purchase to(wards) Baruch son: child Neriah to/for to say
17 “Ah, Lord God! You created the heavens and the earth by your great strength and power. Nothing is too hard for you!
alas! Lord YHWH/God behold you(m. s.) to make [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet in/on/with strength your [the] great: large and in/on/with arm your [the] to stretch not to wonder from you all word: thing
18 You give your trustworthy love to thousands, but you punish the sins of the fathers the consequences affect their children too., Great and powerful God whose name is the Lord Almighty,
to make: do kindness to/for thousand and to complete iniquity: guilt father to(wards) bosom: lap son: child their after them [the] God [the] great: large [the] mighty man LORD Hosts name his
19 you are the one who is supremely wise and who does incredible things. You watch what everyone does, and you reward them according to the way they live and what their actions deserve.
great: large [the] counsel and many [the] deed which eye your to open upon all way: conduct son: child man to/for to give: give to/for man: anyone like/as way: conduct his and like/as fruit deed his
20 You carried out signs and miracles in Egypt, and you still do so today, both here in Israel and among all people everywhere. As a result you gained a great reputation, and this is still true today.
which to set: make sign: miraculous and wonder in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt till [the] day: today [the] this and in/on/with Israel and in/on/with man and to make to/for you name like/as day: today [the] this
21 You led your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and miracles, with your great power and strength that terrified people.
and to come out: send [obj] people your [obj] Israel from land: country/planet Egypt in/on/with sign: miraculous and in/on/with wonder and in/on/with hand: power strong and in/on/with arm to stretch and in/on/with fear great: large
22 You gave them this land that you had promised to give their forefathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
and to give: give to/for them [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this which to swear to/for father their to/for to give: give to/for them land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey
23 They came and took it over, but they didn't do what you said or follow your laws. They didn't do everything you ordered them to do, which is why you've brought all this disaster down on them.
and to come (in): come and to possess: take [obj] her and not to hear: obey in/on/with voice your (and in/on/with instruction your *Q(K)*) not to go: walk [obj] all which to command to/for them to/for to make: do not to make: do and to encounter: chanced [obj] them [obj] all [the] distress: harm [the] this
24 Look at the siege ramps piled up against the city to capture it! Through war and famine and disease, the city will be taken by the Babylonians who are attacking it. You can see that everything you said would happen has happened.
behold [the] mound to come (in): come [the] city to/for to capture her and [the] city to give: give in/on/with hand: power [the] Chaldea [the] to fight upon her from face: because [the] sword and [the] famine and [the] pestilence and which to speak: speak to be and look! you to see: see
25 Yet, Lord God, you have told me, ‘Buy yourself the field with silver in front of witnesses, even though the city has been handed over to the Babylonians!’”
and you(m. s.) to say to(wards) me Lord YHWH/God to buy to/for you [the] land: country in/on/with silver: money and to testify witness and [the] city to give: give in/on/with hand: power [the] Chaldea
26 Then Lord gave Jeremiah this message:
and to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah to/for to say
27 Look! I am the Lord, the God of everyone. Is anything too hard for me to do?
behold I LORD God all flesh from me to wonder all word: thing
28 So this is what the Lord says: Listen! I'm going to hand over this city to the king of Babylon and the Babylonians, and they will capture it.
to/for so thus to say LORD look! I to give: give [obj] [the] city [the] this in/on/with hand: power [the] Chaldea and in/on/with hand: power Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and to capture her
29 The Babylonians who are attacking the city are going to come and set fire to it. They will burn it down, including the houses belonging to the people who made me angry by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops, and by pouring out drink offerings in worship of other gods.
and to come (in): come [the] Chaldea [the] to fight upon [the] city [the] this and to kindle [obj] [the] city [the] this in/on/with fire and to burn her and [obj] [the] house: home which to offer: burn upon roof their to/for Baal and to pour drink offering to/for God another because to provoke me
30 From their earliest days all the people of Israel and of Judah have ever done has been evil in my sight. In fact all they've even done is to make me angry through their actions, declares the Lord.
for to be son: child Israel and son: child Judah surely to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing my from youth their for son: child Israel surely to provoke [obj] me in/on/with deed: work hand their utterance LORD
31 This city has been such a source of anger and frustration from the time it was built right up till now. So I'm going to get rid of it,
for upon face: anger my and upon rage my to be to/for me [the] city [the] this to/for from [the] day: today which to build [obj] her and till [the] day: today [the] this to/for to turn aside: remove her from upon face my
32 because of all the evil things the people of Israel and Judah did that made me angry—their kings, and officials, their priests and prophets, all of those living in Judah and Jerusalem, everyone
upon all distress: evil son: child Israel and son: child Judah which to make: do to/for to provoke me they(masc.) king their ruler their priest their and prophet their and man: anyone Judah and to dwell Jerusalem
33 They have turned their backs on me. They wouldn't even look at me. Even though I kept on trying to teach them, they refused to listen or accept instruction.
and to turn to(wards) me neck and not face and to learn: teach [obj] them to rise and to learn: teach and nothing they to hear: hear to/for to take: recieve discipline: instruction
34 They have put their disgusting idols in my Temple, making it unclean.
and to set: make abomination their in/on/with house: temple which to call: call by name my upon him to/for to defile him
35 They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the Valley of Hinnom so they could sacrifice their sons and daughters by burning them in the fire. This is something I never commanded. I never even thought of such a thing—doing something so awful and making the people of Judah guilty of sin.
and to build [obj] high place [the] Baal which in/on/with valley son: child (Topheth of son of) Hinnom to/for to pass [obj] son: child their and [obj] daughter their to/for Molech which not to command them and not to ascend: rise upon heart my to/for to make: do [the] abomination [the] this because (to sin *Q(k)*) [obj] Judah
36 Now about this city. You are correctly saying, “It's going be handed over to the king of Babylon through war and famine and disease.” However, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
and now to/for so thus to say LORD God Israel to(wards) [the] city [the] this which you(m. p.) to say to give: give in/on/with hand: power king Babylon in/on/with sword and in/on/with famine and in/on/with pestilence
37 I promise to gather my people from all the lands where I exiled them because they made me so very angry. I will bring them back here and they will live in safety.
look! I to gather them from all [the] land: country/planet which to banish them there in/on/with face: anger my and in/on/with rage my and in/on/with wrath great: large and to return: return them to(wards) [the] place [the] this and to dwell them to/for security
38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.
and to be to/for me to/for people and I to be to/for them to/for God
39 I will make sure they think the same way and act in harmony, so that they will always honor me so all will be good for them and their descendants.
and to give: give to/for them heart one and way: conduct one to/for to fear: revere [obj] me all [the] day: always to/for good to/for them and to/for son: child their after them
40 I will make an everlasting agreement with them: I'm never going to stop doing them good and I will help them to respect me so that they won't ever abandon me.
and to cut: make(covenant) to/for them covenant forever: enduring which not to return: return from after them to/for be good me [obj] them and [obj] fear my to give: put in/on/with heart their to/for lest to turn aside: turn aside from upon me
41 I will be delighted to treat them well, and I will commit myself with the whole of my being to helping them to grow as a nation in this land.
and to rejoice upon them to/for be good [obj] them and to plant them in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this in/on/with truth: faithful in/on/with all heart my and in/on/with all soul my
42 This is what the Lord says: Just as certainly as I have brought this whole disaster down on my people, so I'm going to give to them all the good things I have promised.
for thus to say LORD like/as as which to come (in): bring to(wards) [the] people [the] this [obj] all [the] distress: harm [the] great: large [the] this so I to come (in): bring upon them [obj] all [the] welfare which I to speak: promise upon them
43 Fields will once again be bought in this country that you're describing, saying, “It's been completely destroyed—no people or animals are left. It's been handed over to the Babylonians.”
and to buy [the] land: country in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this which you(m. p.) to say devastation he/she/it from nothing man and animal to give: give in/on/with hand: power [the] Chaldea
44 People will buy fields with silver again, deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen here in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in all the towns of Judah—including the towns of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will bring the people back from exile, declares the Lord.
land: country in/on/with silver: money to buy and to write in/on/with scroll: document and to seal and to testify witness in/on/with land: country/planet Benjamin and in/on/with around Jerusalem and in/on/with city Judah and in/on/with city [the] mountain: hill country and in/on/with city [the] Shephelah and in/on/with city [the] Negeb for to return: rescue [obj] captivity their utterance LORD

< Jeremiah 32 >