Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

¹⁶ “After I had given the deed of purchase to ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: ¹⁷ ‘Ah, Lord God! It is ^(B)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by ^(C)your outstretched arm! ^(D)Nothing is too hard for you. ^18 (E)You show steadfast love to thousands, ^(F)but you repay the guilt of fathers ^(G)to their children after them, O great and ^(H)mighty God, whose name is the ^(I)Lord of hosts, ^19 (J)great in counsel and ^(K)mighty in deed, ^(L)whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, ^(M)rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. ²⁰ You have shown ^(N)signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, ^(O)and have made a name for yourself, as at this day. ^21 (P)You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and ^(Q)outstretched arm, ^(R)and with great terror. ²² And you gave them this land, ^(S)which you swore to their fathers to give them, ^(T)a land flowing with milk and honey.

²⁵ Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, ^(A)“Buy the field for money ^(B)and get witnesses”—though ^(C)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.’”