22. You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23. They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey you or follow your law; they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them.
24. “See how the siege ramps are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague, the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see.
25. And though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign Lord, say to me, ‘Buy the field with silver and have the transaction witnessed.’ ”
26. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
27. “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?