Jeremiah 32:7-16

7‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field which is at 1Anathoth, for you have the 2right of redemption to buy it.”’ 8Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the 3court of the guard according to the word of the Lord and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at 4Anathoth, 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 5word of the Lord.

9“I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and I 6weighed out the silver for him, seventeen 7shekels of silver. 10I 89signed and 10sealed the deed, and 11called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the 12terms and conditions and the open copy; 12and I gave the deed of purchase to 13Baruch the son of 14Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard. 13And I commanded Baruch in their presence, saying, 14‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may 15last a long time.” 15For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “16Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”’

16“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I 17prayed to the Lord, saying,