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Jeremiah 32:16-44

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Jeremiah Prays and God Explains

16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I 1prayed to the LORD, saying,
17 '2Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have 3made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! 4Nothing * * is too difficult for You,
18 who 5shows lovingkindness to thousands, but 6repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O 7great and 8mighty God. The 9LORD of hosts is His name;
19 10great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose 11eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, 12giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;
20 who has 13set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have 14made a name for Yourself, as at this day.
21 'You 15brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror;
22 and gave them this land, which You 16swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 'They 17came in and took possession of it, but they 18did not obey Your voice or 19walk in Your law; they have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made 20all this calamity come upon them.
24 'Behold, the 21siege ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city is 22given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because * of the 23sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has 24come to pass; and behold, You see it.
25 'You have said to me, O Lord GOD, "Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses "-although the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.' "
26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
27 "Behold, I am the LORD, the 25God of all flesh; is anything * 26too difficult for Me?"
28 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about to 27give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it.
29 "The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and 28set this city on fire and burn it, with the 29houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
30 "Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only 30evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only 31provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands," declares the LORD.
31 "Indeed this city has been to Me a 32provocation of My anger and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day, so that it should be 33removed from before My face,
32 because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger -they, their 34kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33 "They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, 35teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction.
34 "But they 36put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.
35 "They built the 37high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom * to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to 38Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36 "Now therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, 'It is 39given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.'
37 "Behold, I will 40gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and 41make them dwell in safety.
38 "They shall be 42My people, and I will be their God;
39 and I will 43give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always *, for their own 44good and for the good of their children after them.
40 "I will make an 45everlasting covenant with them that I will 46not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will 47put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
41 "I will 48rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully 49plant them in this land with 50all My heart and with all My soul.
42 "For thus says the LORD, '51Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to 52bring on them all the good that I am promising them.
43 '53Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, "54It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
44 'Men will buy fields for money, 55sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the 56land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland and in the cities of the Negev; for I will 57restore their fortunes,' declares the LORD."
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Jeremiah 32:16-44 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 57

  • 1. Genesis 32:9-12; Jeremiah 12:1; Philippians 4:6, 7
  • 2. Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10
  • 3. 2 Kings 19:15; Psalms 102:25; Isaiah 40:26-29; Jeremiah 27:5
  • 4. Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:27; Zechariah 8:6; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 1:37; Luke 18:27
  • 5. Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:6, 7; Deuteronomy 5:9, 10; Deuteronomy 7:9, 10
  • 6. 1 Kings 14:9, 10; 1 Kings 16:1-3; Matthew 23:32-36
  • 7. Psalms 145:3
  • 8. Psalms 50:1; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 20:11
  • 9. Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 31:35
  • 10. Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 28:29
  • 11. Job 34:21; Jeremiah 23:24
  • 12. Psalms 62:12; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 21:14; Matthew 16:27; John 5:29
  • 13. Psalms 78:43; Psalms 105:27
  • 14. Exodus 9:16; Isaiah 63:12, 14; Daniel 9:15
  • 15. Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 26:8; 2 Samuel 7:23; 1 Chronicles 17:21; Psalms 136:11
  • 16. Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Deuteronomy 1:8; Psalms 105:9-11; Jeremiah 11:5
  • 17. Psalms 44:2, 3; Psalms 78:54, 55; Jeremiah 2:7
  • 18. Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 11:8; Daniel 9:10-14
  • 19. Ezra 9:7; Jeremiah 26:4; Jeremiah 44:10
  • 20. Lamentations 1:18; Daniel 9:11, 12
  • 21. Jeremiah 33:4; Ezekiel 21:22
  • 22. Jeremiah 20:5; Jeremiah 21:4-7; Jeremiah 32:5
  • 23. Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 29:17, 18; Jeremiah 32:36; Jeremiah 34:17; Ezekiel 14:21
  • 24. Deuteronomy 4:26; Joshua 23:15, 16; Zechariah 1:6
  • 25. Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16
  • 26. Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26
  • 27. 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 19:7-12; Jeremiah 32:3, 24, 36; Jeremiah 34:2, 3
  • 28. 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 37:8, 10; Jeremiah 39:8
  • 29. Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:17-19, 25; Jeremiah 52:13
  • 30. Deuteronomy 9:7-12; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 2:7; Jeremiah 7:22-26
  • 31. Jeremiah 8:19; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 25:7
  • 32. 1 Kings 11:7, 8; 2 Kin 21:4-7, 16; Jeremiah 5:9-11; Jeremiah 6:6, 7; Matthew 23:37
  • 33. 2 Kings 23:27; 2 Kings 24:3, 4; Jeremiah 27:10
  • 34. Ezra 9:7; Is 1:4-6, 23; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 44:17, 21; Daniel 9:8
  • 35. 2 Chronicles 36:15, 16; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 25:3; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 35:15; John 8:2
  • 36. 2 Kings 21:1-7; Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 19:4-6; Ezekiel 8:5
  • 37. 2 Chronicles 28:2, 3; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5
  • 38. Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2-5; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:10; Acts 7:43
  • 39. Jeremiah 32:24
  • 40. Deuteronomy 30:3; Psalms 106:47; Isaiah 11:11-16; Jeremiah 16:14, 15; Jeremiah 23:3, 8; Ezekiel 11:17; Hosea 1:11; Amos 9:14, 15
  • 41. Jeremiah 23:6; Ezekiel 34:25, 28; Zechariah 14:11
  • 42. Jeremiah 24:7
  • 43. 2 Chronicles 30:12; Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 11:19; John 17:21; Acts 4:32
  • 44. Deuteronomy 11:18-21; Ezekiel 37:25
  • 45. Isaiah 55:3; Jeremiah 31:33, 34; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 37:26
  • 46. Deuteronomy 31:6, 8; Ezekiel 39:29
  • 47. Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 31:33
  • 48. Deuteronomy 30:9; Isaiah 62:5; Isaiah 65:19
  • 49. Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:28; Amos 9:15
  • 50. Hosea 2:19, 20
  • 51. Jeremiah 31:28; Zechariah 8:14, 15
  • 52. Jeremiah 33:14
  • 53. Jeremiah 32:15, 25; Ezekiel 37:11-14
  • 54. Jeremiah 33:10
  • 55. Jeremiah 32:10
  • 56. Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 33:13
  • 57. Jeremiah 31:23; Jeremiah 33:7, 11, 26

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