Jeremiah 32:24–36

24 Look! Siege rampsk have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it! 25 Yet you, Lord God, have said to me, ‘Purchase the field and call in witnesses’—even though the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans!”

26 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27 “Look, I am the Lord, the God over every creature.l Is anything too difficult for me?m 28 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to hand this city over to the Chaldeans,n to Babylon’s king Nebuchadnezzar, and he will capture it. 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire. They will burn it, including the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to anger me.o 30 From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in my sight! They have done nothing but anger me by the work of their hands”p —this is the Lord’s declaration—31 “for this city has caused my wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. I will therefore remove it from my presenceq 32 because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to anger me—they, their kings,r their officials, their priests, and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. 33 They have turned their backs to me and not their faces.s Though I taught them time and time again,A,t they do not listen and receive discipline. 34 They have placed their abhorrent thingsu in the house that bears my name and have defiled it. 35 They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fireB to Molechv —something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thoughtC that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!

36 “Now therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to this city about which you said, ‘It has been handed over to Babylon’s king through sword, famine, and plague’: