“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
-“Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices deceit.
Moreover, the LORD/ made it known to me and I knew it; Then You showed me their deeds.
Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, “A baby boy has been born to you!” {And} made him very happy.
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the LORD/ and sat in the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD/’S/ {house.}
“They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD/-- Over the grain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life will be like a watered garden, And they will never languish again.
-“How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD/ has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man.”
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD/, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
+“Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the LORD/ and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy {it} for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD/.
Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD/ in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD/’S/ house, to all the people.
Now it happened on the next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about {it,}
Concerning Damascus. “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are disheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It cannot be calmed.
{They} are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Restore us to You, O LORD/, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old,
These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they {were} cherubim.
+“And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
+“Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?
+“And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ declares the Lord GOD/.”
Israel to Be Renewed for His Name’s Sake
