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"After giving the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I ^(C1)prayed to the LORD, saying,

'^(C1)Oh, Lord ^(F1)GOD! Behold, You Yourself have ^(C2)made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! ^(C3)Nothing is too difficult for You,

who ^(C1)shows mercy to thousands, but ^(C2)repays the wrongdoing of fathers into the laps of their children after them, ^(C3)great and ^(C4)mighty God. The ^(C5)LORD of armies is His name;

^(C1)great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose ^(C2)eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of mankind, ^(C3)giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;

who has ^(C1)accomplished signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have ^(C2)made a name for Yourself, as at this day.

'You ^(C1)brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

and You gave them this land, which You ^(C1)swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

'They ^(C1)came in and took possession of it, but they ^(C2)did not obey Your voice or ^(C3)walk in Your Law; they did not do ^(F1)anything that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made ^(C4)all this disaster happen to them.

'Behold, the ^(C1)assault ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city has been ^(C2)handed over to the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the ^(C3)sword, the famine, and the plague; and what You have spoken has ^(C4)come to pass; and behold, You see it.

'Yet You have said to me, Lord ^(F1)GOD, "Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses"—although the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans.'"