Jérémie 32:1-11

1 La parole qui fut adressée par l'Éternel à Jérémie, la dixième année de Sédécias, roi de Juda; c'était l'an dix-huitième de Nébucadnetsar.

2 L'armée du roi de Babylone assiégeait alors Jérusalem, et Jérémie, le prophète, était enfermé dans la cour de la prison qui était dans la maison du roi de Juda.

3 Sédécias, roi de Juda, l'avait fait enfermer, et lui avait dit: Pourquoi prophétises-tu, en disant: Ainsi a dit l'Éternel: Voici, je vais livrer cette ville entre les mains du roi de Babylone, et il la prendra;

4 Et Sédécias, roi de Juda, n'échappera pas aux mains des Caldéens; mais il sera certainement livré aux mains du roi de Babylone, et il lui parlera bouche à bouche, et ses yeux verront ses yeux;

5 Et il emmènera Sédécias à Babylone, et il sera là jusqu'à ce que je le visite, dit l'Éternel. Quand vous combattrez contre les Caldéens, vous ne réussirez pas.

6 Alors Jérémie dit: La parole de l'Éternel m'a été adressée en ces termes:

7 Voici Hanaméel, fils de Shallum, ton oncle, qui vient vers toi pour te dire: Achète mon champ qui est à Anathoth; car tu as le droit de rachat pour l'acquérir.

8 Et Hanaméel, fils de mon oncle, vint vers moi, selon la parole de l'Éternel, dans la cour de la prison, et il me dit: Achète, je te prie, mon champ qui est à Anathoth, au pays de Benjamin, car tu as le droit d'héritage et de rachat; achète-le. Et je connus que c'était la parole de l'Éternel.

9 Ainsi j'achetai de Hanaméel, fils de mon oncle, le champ d'Anathoth, et je lui pesai l'argent: dix-sept sicles d'argent.

10 Puis j'écrivis un contrat, que je cachetai; et je pris des témoins et pesai l'argent dans la balance.

11 Je pris ensuite le contrat, tant celui qui était cacheté, selon l'ordonnance et les statuts, que celui qui était ouvert.

Jérémie 32:1-11 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.