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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 32:16-22

Jeremiah 32:16-22. When I had delivered the evidence, I prayed unto the Lord What he prayed for we learn in the following verses: by which it appears that he was not without some doubts and perplexities in this business. And though he yielded a ready and absolute obedience to God’s command, yet he prays for a clearer revelation of his meaning in the matter. Saying, Ah Lord God! &c. He begins his prayer with an acknowledgment of God’s infinite power, made manifest in his works, both of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16-44

God reassures Jeremiah (32:16-44)After buying the field, Jeremiah began to have doubts. It seemed to him almost too much to expect that God could allow such a worthless people ever to return to their land. He therefore prayed to God (16), seeking to reassure himself that nothing is too hard for a God who is so loving and powerful (17-19). He reminds God of his steadfast faithfulness and miraculous power, which had saved his people in the past (20-22). But the people have been disobedient and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 32:18

Thou shewest lovingkindness, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:6 ; Exodus 34:7 . Deuteronomy 5:9 , Deuteronomy 5:10 ). App-92 . lovingkindness = grace. Hebrew. hesed. iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . children = sons. after them. Compare Exodus 34:6 , Exodus 34:7 . the Mighty. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:17 ). App-92 . Compare Isaiah 9:6 . GOD. Hebrew El (with Art.) App-4 . Occurs in Jeremiah only here and Jeremiah 51:56 . the LORD of Hosts. See note on Jeremiah... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 32:18

Jeremiah 32:18. And recompensest the iniquity of the fathers— This passage is easily reconciled with the 29th and following verses of the former chapter, by remembering that the prophet is here speaking of the old, and there of the new covenant. See the notes on that passage. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:18

18. (Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 65:6). This is taken from the decalogue (Exodus 20:5; Exodus 20:6). This is a second consideration to check hasty judgments as to God's ways: Thou art the gracious and righteous Judge of the world. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 32:16-25

Jeremiah’s prayer 32:16-25The prayer begins with a long ascription of praise to Yahweh (Jeremiah 32:17-23), and concludes by expressing incredulity that the Lord had commanded His servant to buy the land in Anathoth (Jeremiah 32:24-25; cf. Nehemiah 9:6-37; Daniel 9:4-19). [Note: This prayer and the ones in Nehemiah 9 and Daniel 9 are similar in that they all contain praise, confession, and lament.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 32:17-18

Citing God’s creation of the cosmos as evidence that nothing was too difficult for Him, Jeremiah acknowledged God’s extreme covenant loyalty and the justice of His punishment of Judah. Not even restoring Israel to her land and making the property in Anathoth valuable to the Israelites again was too difficult for Yahweh, Jeremiah believed. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:1-44

This chapter forms the introduction to the most continuously historical part of the book, which describes incidents in the two years preceding the final destruction of Jerusalem, viz. chs.34-43. The first of these incidents is here given, viz. Jeremiah’s purchase with all legal formality of a field of which he had the right of redemption, in order to encourage the people while the Chaldeans were investing the city by showing thus his faith in the return which he foretells in these chs.1-5. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 32:18

(18) Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands . . .—The words are, in part, an echo from Exodus 20:6, yet more from the revelation of the Divine glory in Exodus 34:7. They recognise the laws of a righteous retribution, working even through the seeming injustice of that visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children which is inseparable from the continuity of family or national life, and which had been caricatured in the “sour grapes” proverb of Jeremiah 31:29. They recognise also a mercy... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 32:1-44

Evidences Sealed and Evidences Open Jeremiah 32:14 The placing of the deeds in an earthen vessel or vase was of course peculiar to this case. It was intended to preserve them from damp and decay in their secret hiding-place during the long years of the captivity, as Jerusalem ere many months would be destroyed by the King of Babylon. I. Consider this mode of the authentication of purchase of property as an illustration of one of the evidences of the truth of the Word of God. One of the great... read more