Jeremiah 32:24 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:24

The mounts - See Jeremiah 6:6 note. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 32:23-25

Jeremiah 32:23-25. And they came in and possessed it In the former two verses he acknowledges God’s goodness to Israel, here he owns his truth and faithfulness in bringing them into the land which he had promised them. But they obeyed not thy voice Having borne testimony to God’s power, wisdom, and faithfulness, he comes now to own his justice, confessing that this people for whom he had done so much, had very ill requited him. They have done nothing at all that thou commandedst them,... 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 32:24

mounts. Erections of earth raised by the enemy to overtop the walls. Compare Jeremiah 6:6 , and Jeremiah 33:4 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 32:24

Jeremiah 32:24. Behold the mounts— See Isa 37:33 where the same word is used. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:24

24. mounts—mounds of earth raised as breastworks by the besieging army, behind which they employed their engines, and which they gradually pushed forward to the walls of the city. behold, thou seest it—connected with Jeremiah 32:25. Thou seest all this with Thine own eyes, and yet (what seems inconsistent with it) Thou commandest me to buy a field. 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 32:24

Calamity had culminated in the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian soldiers. They were about to capture the city, in fulfillment of what the Lord had warned His people about, but He was fully aware of present conditions. 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 32:24

(24) Behold the mounts . . .—The mounts (better, mounds) are (as in Jeremiah 6:6, where see Note) the banks or towers of wood which formed the chief part of ancient siege operations. What the prophet had then predicted had now come to pass, and Jerusalem was now exposed to the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, which were its inevitable accompaniments. And it was at such a time as this, when the darkness was thickest, that a ray of hope for the future was given by the command to buy the... read more