Jeremías 32:38-44

38 Ellos serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios.

39 Les daré un solo corazón y un solo propósito: adorarme para siempre para su propio bien y el bien de todos sus descendientes.

40 Y haré un pacto eterno con ellos: nunca dejaré de hacerles bien. Pondré en el corazón de ellos el deseo de adorarme, y nunca me dejarán.

41 Me gozaré en hacerles bien, y con fidelidad y de todo corazón los volveré a plantar en esta tierra.

42 »Esto dice el Señor
: así como traje todas estas calamidades sobre ellos, así haré todo el bien que les he prometido.

43 Se volverán a comprar y a vender terrenos en esta tierra de la que ahora ustedes dicen: “Ha sido arrasada por los babilonios, es una tierra desolada de donde la gente y los animales han desaparecido”.

44 Es cierto, otra vez se comprarán y venderán terrenos —con escrituras firmadas y selladas frente a testigos— en la tierra de Benjamín y aquí en Jerusalén, en las ciudades de Judá y en la zona montañosa, en las colinas de Judá
y también en el Neguev. Pues algún día les devolveré la prosperidad. ¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado!».

Jeremías 32:38-44 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.