In Hebrew the pronoun thou is emphatic; hence Good News Translation has “you are the one.” For Lord GOD, see 1.6.

God’s command (Buy the field) and the state of the city (given into the hands of the Chaldeans) are placed together in sharp contrast. The city is obviously “Jerusalem” (Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch). The passive though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans may need to be expressed with an active construction, either “even though the Babylonians are about to capture the city” or “even though you are about to let the Babylonians capture the city.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .