Jeremia 32:11-21

11 En ik nam den koopbrief, die verzegeld was naar het gebod en de inzettingen, en den open brief;

12 En ik gaf den koopbrief aan Baruch, den zoon van Nerija, den zoon van Machseja, voor de ogen van Hanameel, mijns ooms zoon, en voor de ogen der getuigen die den koopbrief hadden onderschreven; voor de ogen van al de Joden, die in het voorhof der bewaring zaten.

13 En ik beval Baruch voor hun ogen, zeggende:

14 Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Neem deze brieven, dezen koopbrief, zo den verzegelden als dezen open brief, en doe ze in een aarden vat, opdat zij vele dagen mogen bestaan.

15 Want zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Er zullen nog huizen, en velden, en wijngaarden in dit land gekocht worden.

16 Voorts, nadat ik den koopbrief aan Baruch, den zoon van Nerija, gegeven had, bad ik tot den HEERE, zeggende:

17 Ach, Heere HEERE! Zie, Gij hebt de hemelen en de aarde gemaakt, door Uw grote kracht en door Uw uitgestrekten arm; geen ding is U te wonderlijk.

18 Gij, Die goedertierenheid doet aan duizenden, en de ongerechtigheid der vaderen vergeldt in den schoot hunner kinderen na hen; Gij grote, Gij geweldige God, Wiens Naam is HEERE der heirscharen!

19 Groot van raad en machtig van daad; want Uw ogen zijn open over alle wegen der mensenkinderen, om een iegelijk te geven naar zijn wegen, en naar de vrucht zijner handelingen.

20 Gij, Die tekenen en wonderen gesteld hebt in Egypteland, tot op dezen dag, zo in Israel, als onder andere mensen, en hebt U een Naam gemaakt, als Hij is te dezen dage!

21 En hebt Uw volk Israel uit Egypteland uitgevoerd, door tekenen en door wonderen, en door een sterke hand, en door een uitgestrekten arm, en door grote verschrikking.

Jeremia 32:11-21 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.