Jeremías 32:17-25

17 »¡Ah, SEÑOR mi Dios! Tú, con tu gran fuerza y tu brazo poderoso, has hecho los cielos y la tierra. Para ti no hay nada imposible.

18 Muestras tu fiel amor a multitud de generaciones, pero también castigas a los hijos por la iniquidad de sus antepasados. ¡Oh Dios grande y fuerte, tu nombre es el SEÑOR Todopoderoso!

19 Tus proyectos son grandiosos, y magníficas tus obras. Tus ojos observan todo lo que hace la humanidad, para dar a cada uno lo que merece, según su conducta y los frutos de sus acciones.

20 Tú hiciste milagros y prodigios en la tierra de Egipto, y hasta el día de hoy los sigues haciendo, tanto en Israel como en todo el mundo; así te has conquistado la fama que hoy tienes.

21 Tú, con gran despliegue de poder, y con milagros, prodigios y gran terror, sacaste de Egipto a tu pueblo.

22 Le diste a Israel esta tierra, donde abundan la leche y la miel, tal como se lo habías jurado a sus antepasados.

23 Pero cuando entraron y tomaron posesión de ella, no te obedecieron ni acataron tu ley, ni tampoco hicieron lo que les habías ordenado. Por eso les enviaste toda esta desgracia.

24 Ahora las rampas de ataque han llegado hasta la ciudad para conquistarla. A causa de la espada, el hambre y la pestilencia, la ciudad caerá en manos de los babilonios que la atacan. SEÑOR, todo lo que habías anunciado se está cumpliendo, y tú mismo lo estás viendo.

25 SEÑOR mi Dios, a pesar de que la ciudad caerá en manos de los babilonios, tú me has dicho: “Cómprate el campo al contado en presencia de testigos”».

Jeremías 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.