Jeremiah 32:7-17

7 'Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, "Buy for yourself my field which is at ¹Anathoth, for you have the ²right of redemption to buy it."'

8 "Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the ³court of the guard according to the word of the LORD and said to me, 'Buy my field, please, that is at ⁴Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the ⁵word of the LORD.

9 "I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son, and I ⁶weighed out the silver for him, seventeen * ⁷shekels of silver.

10 "I ⁸signed and ⁹sealed the deed, and ¹⁰called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

11 "Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the ¹¹terms and conditions and the open copy;

12 and I gave the deed of purchase to ¹²Baruch the son of ¹³Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle's son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.

13 "And I commanded 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 open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may last a long time."

15 'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "¹⁴Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land."'

Jeremiah Prays and God Explains

16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I ¹⁵prayed to the LORD, saying,

17 '¹⁶Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have ¹⁷made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! ¹⁸Nothing * * is too difficult for You,

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Jeremiah 32:7-17 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 18

1. Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 11:21
2. Leviticus 25:25; Ruth 4:3, 4
3. Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 33:1
4. Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 32:7
5. 1 Samuel 9:16, 17; 1 Samuel 10:3-7; 1 Kings 22:25; Jeremiah 32:25
6. Genesis 23:16; Zechariah 11:12
7. Genesis 24:22; Exodus 21:32; Nehemiah 5:15; Ezekiel 4:10
8. Isaiah 44:5; Jeremiah 32:44
9. Deuteronomy 32:34; Job 14:17
10. Ruth 4:1, 9; Isaiah 8:2
11. Luke 2:27
12. Jeremiah 32:16; Jeremiah 36:4, 5, 32; Jeremiah 43:3; Jeremiah 45:1
13. Jeremiah 51:59
14. Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:5, 12, 24; Jeremiah 32:37, 43, 44; Jeremiah 33:12, 13; Amos 9:14, 15; Zechariah 3:10
15. Genesis 32:9-12; Jeremiah 12:1; Philippians 4:6, 7
16. Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10
17. 2 Kings 19:15; Psalms 102:25; Isaiah 40:26-29; Jeremiah 27:5
18. Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:27; Zechariah 8:6; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 1:37; Luke 18:27

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "wrote...on the document"
[b]. Lit "stand many days"
[c]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD