Yēlìmǐshū 32:17-25

17 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá a , nǐ céng yòng dà néng hé shēn chūlai de bǎngbì chuàngzào tiāndì , zaì nǐ méiyǒu nán chéng de shì .

18 Nǐ shī cíaì yǔ qiāwàn rén , yòu jiāng fùqin de zuìniè bàoyìng zaì tā hòu shì zǐsūn de huái zhōng , shì zhì dà quánnéng de shén , wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shì nǐde míng .

19 Móu shì yǒu dà lüè , xíngshì yǒu dà néng , zhù mù guānkàn shìrén yīqiè de jǔ dòng , wèi yào zhào gèrén suǒ xíng de hé tā zuò shì de jié guǒ bàoyìng tā .

20 Zaì Āijí dì xiǎn shénjī qí shì , zhídào jīnrì zaì Yǐsèliè hé biérén zhōngjiān yĕ shì rúcǐ , shǐ zìjǐ dé le míngsheng , zhēng rújīn rì yíyàng .

21 Yòng shénjī qí shì hé dà néng de shǒu , bìng shēn chūlai de bǎngbì yǔ dà kĕ wèi de shì , lǐng nǐde bǎixìng Yǐsèliè chū le Āijí .

22 Jiāng zhè dì cìgĕi tāmen , jiù shì nǐ xiàng tāmen lièzǔ qǐshì yīngxǔ cìgĕi tāmen liú nǎi yǔ mì zhī dì .

23 Tāmen jìnrù zhè dì dé le wèi yè , què bú tīng cóng nǐde huà , yĕ bù zūnxíng nǐde lǜfǎ . nǐ yīqiè suǒ fēnfu tāmen xíng de , tāmen yī wú suǒ xíng , yīncǐ nǐ shǐ zhè yīqiè de zāihuò líndào tāmen .

24 Kàn nǎ , dírén yǐjing lái dào , zhú lĕi yào gōng qǔ zhè chéng . chéng yĕ yīn dāo jiàn , jīhuāng , wēnyì jiāo zaì gōng chéng de Jiālèdǐ rén shǒu zhōng . nǐ suǒ shuō de huà dōu chéngjiù le , nǐ yĕ kànjian le .

25 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá a , nǐ duì wǒ shuō , yào yòng yínzi wèi zìjǐ mǎi nà kuaì dì , yòu qǐng jiànzhèng rén . qíshí zhè chéng yǐ jiāo zaì Jiālèdǐ rén de shǒu zhōng le .

Yēlìmǐshū 32:17-25 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.