¹ Bukod dito'y dumating na ikalawa ang salita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias, samantalang nakukulong pa siya sa looban ng bantayan, na nagsasabi,

² Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon na gumagawa niyaon, ng Panginoon na umaanyo niyaon upang itatag; Panginoon ay siyang kaniyang pangalan:

³ Tumawag ka sa akin, at ako'y sasagot sa iyo, at ako'y magpapakita sa iyo ng mga dakilang bagay, at mahihirap na hindi mo nangalalaman.

⁴ Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol sa mga bahay ng bayang ito, at tungkol sa mga bahay ng mga hari sa Juda na nangabagsak upang gawing sanggalangan laban sa mga bunton at laban sa tabak;

⁵ Sila'y nagsisidating upang magsilaban sa mga Caldeo, nguni't upang sila'y mangapuno ng mga bangkay ng mga tao, na aking pinatay sa aking galit at sa aking kapusukan, at dahil sa lahat ng kasamaang yaon ay ikinubli ko ang aking mukha sa bayang ito:

⁶ Narito, ako'y magdadala ng kagalingan at kagamutan, aking gagamutin sila; at ako'y maghahayag sa kanila ng di kawasang kapayapaan at katotohanan.

⁷ At aking pababalikin ang nangabihag sa Juda, at ang nangabihag sa Israel, at aking itatayo sila na gaya nang una.

⁸ At aking lilinisin sila sa lahat nilang kasamaan, na kanilang pinagkasalahan laban sa akin; at aking ipatatawad ang lahat nilang kasamaan na kanilang ipinagkasala laban sa akin, at kanilang ikinasalangsang laban sa akin.

⁹ At ang bayang ito ay magiging pinakapangalan ng kagalakan sa akin, pinaka kapurihan at pinaka kaluwalhatian, sa harap ng lahat na bansa sa lupa na makakarinig ng lahat na mabuti na gagawin ko sa kanila, at mangatatakot at magsisipanginig dahil sa lahat na buti at dahil sa lahat na kapayapaan na aking pinagsikapan sa kaniya.

¹⁰ Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Maririnig pa uli sa dakong ito, na inyong sinasabi, Sira, na walang tao at walang hayop, sa mga bayan ng Juda, at sa mga lansangan ng Jerusalem, na sira, na walang tao at walang mananahan, at walang hayop.

¹¹ Ang tinig ng kagalakan at ang tinig ng kasayahan, ang tinig ng kasintahang lalake at ang tinig ng kasintahang babae, ang tinig nilang nangagsasabi, Kayo'y mangagpasalamat sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sapagka't ang Panginoon ay mabuti, sapagka't ang kaniyang kagandahang-loob ay magpakailan pa man; at ng nangagdadala ng hain ng pagpapasalamat sa bahay ng Panginoon. Sapagka't aking ibabalik ang nangabihag sa lupain gaya ng una, sabi ng Panginoon.

¹² Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Magkakaroon pa uli sa dakong ito, na sira, na walang tao at walang hayop, at sa lahat ng bayan nito, ng tahanan ng mga pastor na nagpapahiga ng kanilang kawan.

¹³ Sa mga bayan ng maburol na lupain, sa mga bayan ng mababang lupain, at sa mga bayan ng Timugan, at sa lupain ng Benjamin, at sa mga dako na palibot ng Jerusalem, at sa mga bayan ng Juda, magdaraan uli ang mga kawan sa mga kamay ng bibilang sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon.

¹⁴ Narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking isasagawa ang mabuting salita na aking sinalita tungkol sa sangbahayan ni Israel, at tungkol sa sangbahayan ni Juda.

¹⁵ Sa mga araw na yaon, at sa panahong yaon, aking pasusuplingin kay David ang isang Sanga ng katuwiran; at siya'y magsasagawa ng kahatulan at katuwiran sa lupain.

¹⁶ Sa mga araw na yaon ay maliligtas ang Juda, at ang Jerusalem ay tatahang tiwasay; at ito ang pangalan na itatawag sa kaniya: Ang Panginoon ay ating katuwiran.

¹⁷ Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Si David ay hindi kukulangin kailan man ng lalake na mauupo sa luklukan ng bahay ng Israel;

¹⁸ Ni hindi kukulangin ang mga saserdote na mga Levita ng lalake sa harap ko na maghahandog ng mga handog na susunugin, at upang magsunog ng mga alay, at upang maghaing palagi.

¹⁹ At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi,

²⁰ Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Kung inyong masisira ang aking tipan sa araw, at ang aking tipan sa gabi, na anopa't hindi magkakaroon ng araw at ng gabi sa kanilang kapanahunan;

²¹ Ang akin ngang tipan ay masisira kay David na aking lingkod, na siya'y hindi magkakaroon ng anak upang maghari sa kaniyang luklukan; at sa mga Levita na mga saserdote na aking mga tagapangasiwa.

²² Kung paanong ang lahat na natatanaw sa langit ay hindi mabibilang, o matatakal man ang buhangin sa dagat; gayon ko pararamihin ang binhi ni David na aking lingkod, at ang mga Levita na nagsisipangasiwa sa akin.

²³ At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi,

²⁴ Hindi mo baga napupuna ang sinasalita ng bayang ito, na nagsasabi, Ang dalawang angkan na pinili ng Panginoon, ay kaniyang mga itinakuwil? ganito nila hinahamak ang aking bayan, upang huwag ng maging bansa sa harap nila.

²⁵ Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Kung ang aking tipan sa araw at sa gabi ay hindi manayo, kung hindi ko itinatag ang mga ayos ng langit at ng lupa;

²⁶ Akin ngang itatakuwil din ang binhi ni Jacob, at ni David na aking lingkod, na anopa't hindi ako kukuha ng kanilang binhi na maging mga puno sa binhi ni Abraham, ni Isaac, at ni Jacob: sapagka't aking ibabalik sila na mula sa kanilang pagkabihag, at maaawa ako sa kanila.

¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

² Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

³ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

⁴ and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

⁵ and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he shall be there until I visit him, says Yahweh: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?

⁶ Jeremiah said, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁷ Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to Buy it.

⁸ So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.

⁹ I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰ I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

¹¹ So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

¹² and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.

¹³ I commanded Baruch before them, saying,

¹⁴ Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

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

¹⁶ Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

¹⁷ Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,

¹⁸ who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

²⁰ who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among [other] men; and made yourself a name, as in this day;

²¹ and brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

²² and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

²³ and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn't obey your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.

²⁴ Behold, the mounds, they are come to the city to take it; 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 you have spoken has happened; and behold, you see it.

²⁵ You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, Buy the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁷ Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

²⁸ Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

²⁹ and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.

³¹ For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

³² because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

³³ They have turned to me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

³⁴ But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

³⁵ They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

³⁶ Now therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

³⁷ Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

³⁸ and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹ and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

⁴⁰ and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

⁴¹ Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

⁴² For thus says Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.

⁴³ Fields shall be bought in this land, about which you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

⁴⁴ Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.