Jeremiah 32:26

26 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, {saying},

Jeremiah 32:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:26

Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah
This is an answer to the prophet's prayer, and particularly to the latter part of it; showing the consistency of the destruction of the city with his purchase of a field, and with God's promise of fields and vineyards being purchased and possessed again; and how each of these would be brought about: saying;
as follows:

Jeremiah 32:26 In-Context

24 Look, the siege ramps have come up [to] the city to capture it, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the plague, and what you spoke happened, and look, you [are] seeing [it].

25 Yet you have said to me, Lord Yahweh, "Buy for yourself the field with the money, and call witnesses as witness," though the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'"

26 And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, {saying},

27 "Look, I [am] Yahweh, [the] God of all flesh; is {anything} too difficult for me?"

28 {Therefore} thus says Yahweh: "Look, I [am] going to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to say"