Jeremiah 32:6–15

⁶And Jeremiah saith, ‘A word of Jehovah hath been unto me saying, ⁷Lo, Hanameel son of Shallum, thine uncle, is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that is in Anathoth, for thine is the right of redemption—to buy. ⁸And Hanameel, my uncle’s son, cometh in unto me, according to the word of Jehovah, unto the court of the prison, and saith unto me, ‘Buy, I pray thee, my field that is in Anathoth, that is in the land of Benjamin, for thine is the right of possession, and thine of redemption—buy for thee.’ And I know that it is the word of Jehovah, ⁹And I buy the field, that is in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and I weigh to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. ¹⁰And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances; ¹¹And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one. ¹²And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison. ¹³And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying,

¹⁴‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Take these books, this purchase-book, both the sealed one and the open one, and thou hast put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days; ¹⁵For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Again are houses and fields and vineyards bought in this land.’