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The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: "I will again do good things for the people of Judah. At that time the people in the land of Judah and its towns will again use these words: ‘May the Lord bless you, home of what is good, holy mountain.'

"This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time," says the Lord : "I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Take both copies of the record of ownership—the sealed copy and the copy that was not sealed—and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time.

This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: In the future my people will once again buy houses and fields for grain and vineyards in the land of Israel.'

Oh, Lord God , you made the skies and the earth with your very great power. There is nothing too hard for you to do.

You show love and kindness to thousands of people, but you also bring punishment to children for their parents' sins. Great and powerful God, your name is the Lord All-Powerful.

But now, Lord God , you tell me, ‘Buy the field with silver and call in witnesses.' You tell me this while the Babylonian army is ready to capture the city."

"I am the Lord , the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for me.

"You are saying, ‘Because of war, hunger, and terrible diseases, the city will be handed over to the king of Babylon.' But the Lord , the God of Israel, says about Jerusalem:

The people of Israel and Judah will be my people, and I will be their God.

This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says about the houses in Jerusalem and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used in defense of the attack by the Babylonian army:

This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, said: "Jeremiah, go to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him: ‘This is what the Lord says: I will soon hand the city of Jerusalem over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down!

"This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: I brought your ancestors out of Egypt where they were slaves and made an agreement with them.

Then I brought them into the Temple of the Lord . We went into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, who was a man of God. The room was next to the one where the officers stay and above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the doorkeeper in the Temple.

"This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Jeremiah, go and tell the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem: ‘You should learn a lesson and obey my message,' says the Lord .

"So the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will soon bring every disaster I said would come to Judah and to everyone living in Jerusalem. I spoke to those people, but they refused to listen. I called out to them, but they did not answer me.'"

Then Jeremiah said to the Recabites, "This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed the commands of your ancestor Jonadab and have followed all of his teachings; you have done everything he commanded.'

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘There will always be a descendant of Jonadab son of Recab to serve me.'"

Now King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah with a message to Jeremiah the prophet. This was the message: "Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us."

"This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Jehucal and Zephaniah, I know Zedekiah king of Judah sent you to seek my help. Tell this to King Zedekiah: ‘The army of the king of Egypt came here to help you, but they will go back to Egypt.