E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 32:44
Men. Not in Hebrew Should be in italic type. mountains = hill country. captivity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for captives. read more
Men. Not in Hebrew Should be in italic type. mountains = hill country. captivity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for captives. read more
44. Referring to the forms of contract (Jeremiah 32:10-12): Benjamin—specified as Anathoth; Jeremiah's place of residence where the field lay ( :-), was in it. read more
Yahweh’s reply to Jeremiah’s prayer 32:26-44The Lord’s response to the prophet’s prayer assured him that He would indeed restore Israel to her land. Jeremiah had not made a mistake in buying the property. read more
The land that then lay desolate would again see the buying and selling of property, as Jeremiah had just done. This would be true of the whole land that was then under siege-all of Judah. Yahweh would restore the fortunes of His people. read more
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
(43, 44) And fields shall be bought in this land . . .—The significance of the whole transaction of the purchase of the field in Anathoth is again solemnly confirmed. Men were desponding, as though the land were to belong to the Chaldæans for ever. They are told that the very region which was now covered with their encampments should once again be possessed freely by its own people. In the “mountains,” the “valleys,” and the south, or negeb district, stretching towards the country of the... read more
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
CHAPTER XXXIVRESTORATION VREVIEWJeremiah 30:1-24; Jeremiah 31:1-40; Jeremiah 32:1-44; Jeremiah 33:1-26IN reviewing these chapters we must be careful not to suppose that Jeremiah knew all that would ultimately result from his teaching. When he declared that the conditions of the New Covenant would be written, not in a few parchments, but on every heart, he laid down a principle which involved the most characteristic teaching of the New Testament and the Reformers, and which might seem to justify... read more
CHAPTER 32 Jeremiah in Prison 1. Shut up in the court of the prison (Jeremiah 32:1-5 ) 2. The revelation of the Lord concerning Hanameel (Jeremiah 32:6-15 ) 3. The prophet’s prayer (Jeremiah 32:16-25 ) 4. Jehovah’s answer (Jeremiah 32:26-44 ) Jeremiah 32:1-5 . The siege of Jerusalem began in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign. It was in the tenth year, a year later (Jeremiah 39:1 ) that we find Jeremiah in prison. In order to understand this imprisonment Jeremiah 37:11-21 must be... read more
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