Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageAnd yet—O Lord Yahweh—You told me to buy a field with money and bring in witnesses, even as the city falls into the hands of the Chaldeans!'
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYet You, O Adonai YHWH, have said to me, "Buy the field with silver and call in witnesses"—and this while the city is given into the hands of the Kasdim!'
KJV
King James VersionAnd thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleYet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”
Footnotes
Yirmeyahu's prayer reaches its bewildered climax here. He has been faithful to the command—purchasing, signing, sealing, witnessing—and now lays the apparent contradiction bare before YHWH. The siege ramps are at the walls and YHWH has told him to make a property investment. This is not rebellion but the honest voice of faith straining to hold together divine command and visible catastrophe. The prayer creates the perfect theological opening for YHWH's answer in verse 27—*Is anything too wonderful for Me?*—turning the prophet's own confession of verse 17 into the divine response.