Then he will (A)take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him,” declares the Lord. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will (B)not succeed”’?”

And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field which is at (C)Anathoth, for you have the (D)right of redemption to buy it.”’ Then my uncle’s son Hanamel came to me in the (E)courtyard of the guard in accordance with the word of the Lord and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at (F)Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the (G)word of the Lord.

“So I bought the field which was in Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and I (H)weighed out the silver for him, seventeen (I)shekels of silver. 10 And I [a](J)signed and (K)sealed the deed, and (L)called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:10 Lit wrote...on and

He will take(A) Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him,(B) declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’”(C)

Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth,(D) because as nearest relative it is your right and duty(E) to buy it.’

“Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field(F) at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’

“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; so I bought the field(G) at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels[a] of silver.(H) 10 I signed and sealed the deed,(I) had it witnessed,(J) and weighed out the silver on the scales.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:9 That is, about 7 ounces or about 200 grams