Jeremias 39:11

11 And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;

Jeremias 39:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:11

Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning
Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
Of whom he had heard, by one or another of his generals or officers; who had been informed, by those Jews that deserted to them, that Jeremiah had prophesied of the taking of the city by the Chaldeans; had advised the people to fall off to them; and had even exhorted the king and princes to surrender up the city, and themselves, unto them; and that he had suffered much on this account; wherefore the Lord put it into the heart of this monarch, otherwise not at all disposed to the prophets of the Lord, to show regard to him; and therefore, when he sent Nebuzaradan upon an expedition to Jerusalem, he gave him a particular charge concerning Jeremiah: saying;
as follows:

Jeremias 39:11 In-Context

9 And I bought the field of Anameel the son of my father's brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver.

10 And I wrote in a book, and sealed , and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.

11 And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed;

12 and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight of Anameel my father's brother's son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.

13 And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, Thus saith the Lord Almighty;