10. I signed and sealed the deed, and summoned witnesses, and weighed the money from him in the balances.
11. So I took the deed of purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open.
12. And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
13. I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,
14. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel that they may last many days.
15. For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
16. Now when I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
17. Ah Lord God! Truly, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for You.
18. You show lovingkindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The Lord of Hosts is His name,
19. great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
20. You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and have made Yourself a name, as it is today.
21. And You have brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terror.