22 You gave the people of Israel this land that you had promised their ancestors long before—a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 Our ancestors came and conquered it and lived in it, but they refused to obey you or follow your word. They have not done anything you commanded. That is why you have sent this terrible disaster upon them.
24 “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.
25 And yet, O Sovereign lord, you have told me to buy the field—paying good money for it before these witnesses—even though the city will soon be handed over to the Babylonians.”
26 Then this message came to Jeremiah from the lord:
27 “I am the lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?
28 Therefore, this is what the lord says: I will hand this city over to the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he will capture it.