Jeremías 32:16

16 Oración de Jeremías
Después que le di los documentos a Baruc, oré al Señor
:

Jeremías 32:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:16

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto
Baruch the son of Neriah
When he had finished his worldly business, and which yet was by a divine order, and to answer a divine purpose, then he betook himself to prayer; and it is proper we should be quite free from worldly cares and concerns when we enter upon religious duties, particularly prayer to God; when the soul ought to be separated from the world and the things of it, and wholly devoted to God: I prayed unto the Lord;
either for further information in this matter, of the use and design of buying the field; and how this part of the prophecy, signified by it, concerning the Jews buying and possessing houses and fields, can be made to agree with the other prophecy, that the city should be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans; or, at least, that he might be able to answer the cavils and objections made by the Jews to it: that he was in some puzzle, perplexity, and distress, appears by his prayer, which begins, saying,
as follows:

Jeremías 32:16 In-Context

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”».

16 Oración de Jeremías
Después que le di los documentos a Baruc, oré al Señor
:

17 «¡Oh Señor
Soberano! Hiciste los cielos y la tierra con tu mano fuerte y tu brazo poderoso. ¡Nada es demasiado difícil para ti!

18 Muestras un amor inagotable a miles, pero también haces recaer las consecuencias del pecado de una generación sobre la siguiente. Tú eres el Dios grande y poderoso, el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.