Jeremiah

²Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah’s house. ³For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘the Lord says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it; ⁴and Zedekiah king of Judah won’t escape out of the hand of the Kasdim, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes; ⁵and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him,” says the Lord: “though you fight with the Kasdim, you will not prosper?”’” ⁶Jeremiah said, “the Lord’s word came to me, saying, ⁷‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’” ⁸“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the Lord’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’“Then I knew that this was the Lord’s word.