13. In their presence I gave Baruch this charge:
14. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds of purchase, both the sealed and the open deeds, and put them in an earthenware jar, so they can last a long time.
15. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: They shall again purchase houses and fields and vineyards in this land.
16. After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
17. Ah, my Lord God! You made the heavens and the earth with your great power and your outstretched arm; nothing is too difficult for you.
18. You continue your kindness through a thousand generations; but you repay the ancestors’ guilt upon their children who follow them. Great and mighty God, whose name is Lord of hosts,