Jeremiah 32:26-44

26 The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

27 "Behold, I am the LORD, ¹the God of all flesh. ²Is anything too hard for me?

28 Therefore, thus says the LORD: ³Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.

29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city ⁴shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, ⁵with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal ⁶and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, ⁷to provoke me to anger.

30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight ⁸from their youth. The children of Israel have done nothing but ⁹provoke me to anger ¹⁰by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

31 This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, ¹¹so that I will remove it from my sight

32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger--¹²their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

33 ¹³They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them ¹⁴persistently, they have not listened ¹⁵to receive instruction.

34 They set up ¹⁶their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

35 They built the high places of Baal ¹⁷in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, ¹⁸to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, ¹⁹though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do ²⁰this abomination, ²¹to cause Judah to sin.

They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God

36 "Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ²²'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence':

37 ²³Behold, I will gather them from all the countries ²⁴to which I drove them in ²⁵my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, ²⁶and I will make them dwell in safety.

38 ²⁷And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

39 ²⁸I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, ²⁹for their own good and the good of their children after them.

40 ³⁰I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. ³¹And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

41 ³²I will rejoice in doing them good, ³³and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

42 "For thus says the LORD: ³⁴Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.

43 ³⁵Fields shall be bought in this land ³⁶of which you are saying, 'It is a desolation, without man or beast; ³⁷it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'

44 Fields shall be bought for money, and ³⁸deeds shall be signed and ³⁹sealed and ⁴⁰witnessed, ⁴¹in the land of Benjamin, ⁴²in the places about Jerusalem, ⁴³and in the cities of Judah, ⁴⁴in the cities of the hill country, ⁴⁵in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for ⁴⁶I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD."

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Jeremiah 32:26-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 32

This chapter contains an account of Jeremiah's imprisonment, and the cause of it; of his buying a field of his uncle's son, and the design of it; of his prayer to God, and of the answer returned to him. The time of his imprisonment, the place where, and the reasons of it, are observed in Jer 32:1-5; that his uncle's son would come and offer the sale of a field to him was told him by the Lord, which he did accordingly, Jer 32:6,7; of whom he bought the field, paid the money, had the purchase confirmed in a legal way, before witnesses, Jer 32:8-12; and the writings of it he committed to Baruch, to put in an earthen vessel, where they were to continue some time as a pledge of houses, fields, and vineyards, being possessed again after the captivity, Jer 32:13-15; then follows a prayer of his to the Lord, in which he addresses him as the Maker of all things; as the Lord God omnipotent; as a God of great grace and mercy, as well as strict justice; as a God of wisdom, counsel, and might, and an omniscient and righteous Being, Jer 32:16-19; and recounts the wonderful things he had done for the people of Israel, Jer 32:20-22; and observes the ingratitude and disobedience of that people, which were the cause of the present siege of the city, which should surely be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, Jer 32:23-25; to which prayer an answer is returned, Jer 32:26; in which the Lord describes himself as the God of all flesh, and as able to do what he pleases, Jer 32:27; and confirms the delivery of the city of Jerusalem unto the Chaldeans, Jer 32:28,29; and assigns the causes of it, the backslidings, disobedience, and dreadful idolatry of the people, Jer 32:30-35; and, notwithstanding, promises a restoration of them to their own land again, Jer 32:36,37; when an opportunity is taken to insert the covenant of grace, and the special articles and peculiar promises of it, for the comfort of the spiritual Israel of God, whether Jews or Gentiles, Jer 32:38-40; and the chapter is concluded with a fresh assurance of the return of the captivity, and of the punctual performance of the promise of it; when fields should be bought in every part of the land, in like manner as Jeremiah had bought his, Jer 32:41-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 46

1. Numbers 16:22
2. See Genesis 18:14
3. ver. 3
4. See Jeremiah 21:10
5. See Jeremiah 19:13
6. See Jeremiah 19:13
7. See Jeremiah 7:18
8. Jeremiah 3:25
9. [See ver. 29 above]
10. Jeremiah 25:6, 7
11. 2 Kings 23:27; 2 Kings 24:3
12. Jeremiah 2:26
13. Jeremiah 2:27; [Ezekiel 8:16]; See Jeremiah 7:24
14. See Jeremiah 25:3
15. See Jeremiah 5:3
16. See Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 23:11
17. Jeremiah 7:31; See Joshua 18:16
18. Leviticus 18:21
19. Jeremiah 7:31
20. [See ver. 34 above]
21. [1 Kings 16:19]
22. See ver. 3
23. See Jeremiah 23:3
24. See Jeremiah 8:3
25. Jeremiah 21:5; Deuteronomy 29:28
26. Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Ezekiel 34:25
27. See Jeremiah 30:22; Jeremiah 31:33
28. Ezekiel 11:19, 20
29. Deuteronomy 6:24
30. Jeremiah 50:5; Psalms 89:34; Isaiah 55:3; Ezekiel 16:60
31. See Jeremiah 31:33
32. [Deuteronomy 28:63]
33. See Jeremiah 24:6
34. [Jeremiah 31:28]
35. ver. 15
36. Jeremiah 33:10
37. See ver. 3
38. ver. 10
39. ver. 10
40. ver. 10
41. See Jeremiah 17:26
42. See Jeremiah 17:26
43. See Jeremiah 17:26
44. See Jeremiah 17:26
45. See Jeremiah 17:26
46. See Jeremiah 30:3

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