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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:5

Until I visit him; i.e. until I take notice of him. "To visit" is used in a good ( Jeremiah 27:22 ; Jeremiah 29:10 ) as well as in a bad sense ( Jeremiah 6:15 ; Jeremiah 49:8 ), so that no definite announcement is made respecting Zedekiah's future. There was no object to gain by extending the scope of the revelation beyond the immediate present, and Zedekiah's offences did not require such an anticipative punishment as the clear prediction of the details of his fate ( Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:5

O blessed death! "Until I visit him." Zedekiah does not seem to have been a bad man, though he did evil. Weak rather than wicked. One like our own Charles I. or Louis XVI . of France. One of those men unhappily called to places of great responsibility and difficulty, without the moral strength requisite for so arduous a post. A sadder life than that of King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah and Jerusalem, cannot be conceived. It is a piteous tale. Bereaved, a captive, blinded, he was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:5

I visit - In the sense of punishment. See Jeremiah 39:6-7; Jeremiah 52:11. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 32:3-5

Jeremiah 32:3-5. Jeremiah was shut up in the court of the prison He was afterward put in the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16; and Jeremiah 38:6. But now he was not under so severe a restraint. Compare Jeremiah 32:26; Jer 32:28 of that chapter. For Zedekiah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy and say, &c. This refers to the prophecy recorded Jeremiah 34:2, &c., the particulars there mentioned being, in order of time, before the passages related in this chapter. We... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-15

Jeremiah buys a field (32:1-15)At the time of Babylon’s final siege of Jerusalem, just before the city fell, Jeremiah was imprisoned (32:1-2). The king, Zedekiah, considered Jeremiah a traitor because he forecast the defeat of the city and the captivity of the king (3-5).However, Jeremiah also forecast that the land of Judah would not be lost for ever, and that one day the people would repossess it. An opportunity now arose for Jeremiah to give practical demonstration of his faith in this... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 32:4

his eyes shall behold his eyes: he should go to Babylon (Jeremiah 34:3 ). Yet Ezekiel (Jeremiah 12:13 ) declared that he should not "see" Babylon. Both statements were true; for we read that Zedekiah did "see" the king of Babylon at Riblah, but his eyes being put out there (2 Kings 25:6 , 2 Kings 25:7 ), he never saw Babylon, though he was led there. See Jeremiah 52:10 , Jeremiah 52:11 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:4

4. his eyes shall behold his eyes—that is, only before reaching Babylon, which he was not to see. Jeremiah 39:6; Jeremiah 39:7 harmonizes this prophecy (Jeremiah 32:4) with the seemingly opposite prophecy, Ezekiel 12:13, "He shall not see." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:5

5. visit him—in a good sense (Jeremiah 27:22); referring to the honor paid Zedekiah at his death and burial (Jeremiah 34:4; Jeremiah 34:5). Perhaps, too, before his death he was treated by Nebuchadnezzar with some favor. though ye fight . . . shall not prosper— (Jeremiah 21:4). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 32:1-15

Jeremiah’s purchase of land 32:1-15This was another of Jeremiah’s symbolic acts (cf. Jeremiah 16:1-4; Jeremiah 18:1-12; Jeremiah 19:1-2; Jeremiah 19:10-11; Jeremiah 27:1 to Jeremiah 28:17; Jeremiah 43:8-13; Jeremiah 51:59-64). read more

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