Jeremías 32:6-15

6 En ese tiempo el Señor
me envió un mensaje. Me dijo:

7 «Tu primo Hanameel, hijo de Salum, vendrá y te dirá: “Compra mi terreno en Anatot. Por ley tienes derecho a comprarlo antes de que lo ofrezca a algún otro”».

8 Entonces, así como el Señor
dijo que haría, mi primo Hanameel vino y me visitó en la cárcel. Me dijo: «Por favor, compra mi terreno en Anatot en la tierra de Benjamín. Por ley tienes el derecho de comprarlo antes de que lo ofrezca a algún otro, así que cómpralo para ti». Entonces supe que el mensaje que había oído era del Señor
.

9 Así que compré el terreno en Anatot pagándole a Hanameel diecisiete piezas
de plata.

10 Firmé y sellé la escritura de compra delante de testigos, pesé la plata y le pagué.

11 Entonces tomé la escritura sellada y una copia de la escritura no sellada con los términos y condiciones de la compra,

12 y se las di a Baruc, hijo de Nerías y nieto de Maaseías. Hice todo esto en presencia de mi primo Hanameel, de los testigos que firmaron la escritura y de todos los hombres de Judá que estaban allí en el patio de la guardia.

13 Entonces le dije a Baruc mientras todos escuchaban:

14 «Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: “Toma tanto la escritura sellada como la copia no sellada y ponlas en una vasija de barro para preservarlas por largo tiempo”.

15 Pues esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: “Algún día de nuevo habrá dueños de estos terrenos que comprarán y venderán casas, viñedos y campos”».

Jeremías 32:6-15 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.