¹ The word that was to Jeremiah^◦ from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah^◦ king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

² And then^▵ the host of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem; and Jeremiah^◦ the prophet was held·​·back in the court of the prison^◦, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

³ For Zedekiah^◦ king of Judah had held· him ·back, saying, Wherefore dost thou^◦ prophesy, and say, Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;

⁴ and Zedekiah^◦ king of Judah shall not escape out·​·of the hand of the Chaldeans, but^◦ giving he shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with his mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

⁵ and he shall make Zedekiah^◦ go to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, says^◦ Jehovah; though^◦ you fight with^◦ the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?

⁶ And Jeremiah^◦ said, The word of Jehovah was to^▵ me, saying,

⁷ Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come to^▵ thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right^* of redemption is for thee to Buy it.

⁸ And Hanameel the son of my uncle came to^▵ me, according·​·to the word of Jehovah, to^▵ the court of the prison^◦ and said to^▵ me, Buy my field, I pray^◦ thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of possession is thine, and the redemption is thine; Buy it for thyself. And I knew that this^◦ was the word of Jehovah.

⁹ And I bought the field of Hanameel the son of my uncle, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the silver; seven shekels and ten was the silver.

¹⁰ And I wrote in the letter, and sealed it, and called· witnesses ·to·​·witness, and weighed him the silver in the balances.

¹¹ And I took the letter of what was bought, both that which was sealed according to the commandment and statute, and that which was revealed;

¹² and I gave the letter of what was bought to^▵ Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before^▫ the eyes of Hanameel the son of my uncle, and before^▫ the eyes of the witnesses that wrote on the letter of what was bought, before^▫ the eyes of all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison^◦.

¹³ And I commanded Baruch before^▫ their eyes, saying,

¹⁴ Thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel: Take these letters, this letter of what is bought, and of what is sealed, and this letter of what is revealed; and put^◦ them into a pottery^◦ vessel, so·​·that they may stand many days.

¹⁵ For thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be bought yet·​·again in this land.

¹⁶ After I had given the letter of what was bought unto^▵ Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto^▵ Jehovah, saying,

¹⁷ Alas, Lord Jehovih^*! Behold, Thou^◦ hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power and by Thy stretched·​·out arm, and there is not any thing too wondrous for Thee;

¹⁸ thou doest mercy unto thousands, and repayest the iniquity of the fathers into^▵ the bosom of their sons after them; the Great, the Mighty God^◦, Jehovah of Armies, is His name,

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty^* in act; whose eyes are open^◦ upon all the ways of the sons of man, to give to each·​·man^◦ according·​·to his ways, and according·​·to the fruit of his actions;

²⁰ who hast set signs and miracles in the land of Egypt, even·​·to this day, and in Israel, and among^◦ mankind; and hast made Thee a name, as at this day;

²¹ and hast brought·​·out Thy people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs, and with miracles, and with a firm hand, and with a stretched·​·out arm, and with great fear;

²² and hast given them this land, which Thou didst promise to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³ and they came, and possessed it; but they obeyed not Thy voice, and walked not in Thy law; all that Thou commandedst them to do they have not done; and Thou hast caused all this evil to befall them.

²⁴ Behold, the embankments! They have come to the city to take^◦ her; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what Thou hast spoken shall be; and, behold, Thou shalt see.

²⁵ And Thou^◦ hast said to^▵ me, O Lord Jehovih, Buy for thee the field with silver, and call· witnesses ·to·​·witness; and the city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ Jeremiah^◦, saying,

²⁷ Behold, I^◦ am Jehovah, the God of all flesh; is^▵ there any thing too· wondrous ·for Me?

²⁸ Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture her;

²⁹ and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and kindle a fire on this city and burn· her ·up, together with the houses upon whose roofs they have burned·​·incense to Baal, and poured·​·out poured·​·offerings unto other gods, in·​·order·​·to provoke Me.

³⁰ For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have only^▵ done evil in My eyes from their youth; for the sons of Israel have only^▵ provoked Me with^◦ the deeds of their hands, says^◦ Jehovah.

³¹ For this city has been to Me the cause of My anger and of My fury from the day that they built her and even·​·to this day; to remove her from before My face,

³² on·​·account·​·of all the evil of the sons of Israel and of the sons of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me, they^◦, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men^◦ of Judah, and those who dwell·​·in Jerusalem.

³³ And they have faced unto^▵ Me the back^◦, and not the face; and I taught them, getting·​·up·​·early and teaching them, but they have not^◦ hearkened to receive^◦ discipline.

³⁴ But they set their detestable things in the house that is called by^◦ My name to defile it.

³⁵ And they built the high·​·places of Baal, which are in the ravine of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass·​·through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into My heart, that they should do this abomination, in·​·order·​·to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶ And now therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning^▵ this city, whereof you^◦ say, It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

³⁷ behold, I will bring· them ·together out·​·of all lands, whither I have expelled them in My anger, and in My fury, and in great rage; and I will return them unto^▵ this place, and I will cause them to dwell securely.

³⁸ And they shall be My people, and I^◦ will be their God;

³⁹ and I will give them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for the good of^◦ them, and of^◦ their sons after them;

⁴⁰ and I will cut an eternal covenant with them, that I will not turn·​·back from following after them, to do· them ·good; but I will put^◦ My fear into their heart, that they shall not^▵ turn·​·aside from Me.

⁴¹ And I will have·​·joy over them to do· them ·good, and I will plant them in this land in truth with all My heart and with all My soul.

⁴² For thus says Jehovah: As^◦ I have brought to^▵ this people all this great evil, so will I^▵ bring upon them all the good that I^▵ spoke concerning them.

⁴³ And the fields shall be bought in this land, of which you^◦ say, It is desolate from any man or^◦ beast, given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴ They shall buy fields with the silver, and write letters, and seal them, and call· witnesses ·to·​·witness in the land of Benjamin, and all around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south; for I will cause those in captivity to return, says^◦ Jehovah.

¹ Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"

² Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."

³ He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

⁴ Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He Put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

⁵ "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."

⁶ Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

⁷ He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He Put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

⁸ "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

⁹ It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

¹⁰ Moses said to Yahweh, "O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

¹¹ Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?

¹² Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."

¹³ He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

¹⁴ The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

¹⁵ You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

¹⁶ He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

¹⁷ You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."

¹⁸ Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "go in peace."

¹⁹ Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."

²⁰ Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.

²¹ Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

²² You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

²³ and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

²⁴ It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

²⁵ Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

²⁶ So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.

²⁷ Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.

²⁸ Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.

²⁹ Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

³⁰ Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

³¹ The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.