Jeremias 32:16-26

16 E depois que dei a escritura da compra a Banique, filho de Nerias, orei ao Senhor, dizendo:

17 Ah! Senhor Deus! És tu que fizeste os céus e a terra com o teu grande poder, e com o teu braço estendido! Nada há que te seja demasiado difícil!

18 Usas de benignidade para com milhares e tornas a iniqüidade dos pais ao seio dos filhos depois deles; tu és o grande, o poderoso Deus cujo nome é o Senhor dos exércitos.

19 Grande em conselho, e poderoso em obras, cujos olhos estão abertos sobre todos os caminhos dos filhos dos homens, para dares a cada um segundo os seus caminhos e segundo o fruto das suas obras;

20 puseste sinais e maravilhas na terra do Egito até o dia de hoje, tanto em Israel, como entre os outros homens; e te fizeste um nome, qual tu tens neste dia.

21 E tiraste o teu povo Israel da terra do Egito, com sinais e com maravilhas, e com mão forte, e com braço estendido, e com grande terror;

22 e lhes deste esta terra, que juraste a seus pais que lhes havias de dar, terra que mana leite e mel.

23 E entraram nela, e a possuíram; mas não obedeceram � tua voz, nem andaram na tua lei; de tudo o que lhes mandaste fazer, eles não fizeram nada; pelo que ordenaste lhes sucedesse todo este mal.

24 Eis aqui os valados! já vieram contra a cidade para tomá-la e a cidade está entregue na mão dos caldeus que pelejam contra ela, pela espada, pela fome e pela peste. O que disseste se cumpriu, e eis aqui o estás presenciando.

25 Contudo tu me disseste, ó Senhor Deus: Compra-te o campo por dinheiro, e chama testemunhas, embora a cidade já esteja dada na mão dos caldeus:

26 Então veio a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, dizendo:

Jeremias 32:16-26 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.