Jeremiah’s prayer

16After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

17Ah, Lord GOD! Look, you yourself made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you.

18showing steadfast love to thousands, and repaying the iniquity of fathers into the lap of their children after them—the great, mighty God, Yahweh of Armies, is his name.

19great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of man, to give to each man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

20who set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and in Israel and among mankind to this day, and made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

21And you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

22And you gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

23They came in and took possession of it, but they did not listen to your voice, and they did not walk in your law. They did not do all that you commanded them to do, and you brought upon them all this disaster.

24Look, the siege ramps have come up against the city to capture it, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and the famine and the plague. What you spoke has happened, and look, you see it.

25Yet you yourself said to me, Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy the field for yourself with silver and call witnesses,’ though the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.