Jeremiah 32:26-44

26Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 27“Behold, I am the Lord, the 1God of all flesh; is anything 2too difficult for Me?” 28Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am about to 3give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it. 29The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and 4set this city on fire and burn it, with the 5houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger. 30Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only 6evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only 7provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands,” declares the Lord. 31“Indeed this city has been to Me a 8provocation of My anger and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day, so that it should be 9removed from before My face, 32because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger--they, their 10kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, 1112teaching again and again, they would not listen 13and receive instruction. 34But they 14put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. 35They built the 15high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to 16Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it 17entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

36“Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is 18given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.’ 37Behold, I will 19gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and 20make them dwell in safety. 38They shall be 21My people, and I will be their God; 39and I will 22give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own 23good and for the good of their children after them. 40I will make an 24everlasting covenant with them that I will 25not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will 26put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. 41I will 27rejoice over them to do them good and will 28faithfully 29plant them in this land with 30all My heart and with all My soul. 42For thus says the Lord, ‘31Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to 32bring on them all the good that I am promising them. 4333Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, “34It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” 44Men will buy fields for money, 3536sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the 37land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland and in the cities of the 38Negev; for I will 39restore their 40fortunes,’ declares the Lord.”