Jeremiah 32:9-15 ▼

9 So I bought the field in Anathoth (answers to prayer) from my cousin Hanamel (God is gracious), and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver <6.8 oz / 193.8 g>.

10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

11 Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

12 and I gave this deed to Baruch (blessed) son of Neriah (lamp of YHWH), the son of Mahseiah (YHWH is a shelter), in the sight of my cousin Hanamel (God is gracious) and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

13 In their sight I instructed Baruch (blessed),

14 “This is what the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts, the God {Elohe} of Israel (he wrestles with God), says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

15 For this is what the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts, the God {Elohe} of Israel (he wrestles with God), says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”