Jeremiah 32:3-5 NIV

A story of God's sustaining grace. This whole chapter may be summed up under some such heading as this. For it begins with showing us God's servant Jeremiah in a position in which he sorely needed sustaining grace, and then it proceeds to narrate the threefold process by which this grace was communicated to him. The manner in which God sustained Jeremiah is very much akin to that in which he will sustain all his servants who may be in similar need. If any be so now, let them give heed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:3

Had shut him up. A brief and general account of the circumstances related more in full in Jeremiah 37:1-21 . For the prophecies referred to, see Jeremiah 34:3-5 ; Jeremiah 37:17 ; Jeremiah 38:17-23 (the following verse is almost identical with Jeremiah 34:3 ). read more

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 32:3

For the prophecies on which the charge was grounded see Jeremiah 21:4-7, Jeremiah 21:9. 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 32:3

had shut him up. One of the eleven rulers who were offended with God's messengers. See note on Exodus 10:28 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:3

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 32:3

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