Jeremias 32:9, Lucas 16:5-7 NVT

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:6-15

Jeremiah showing his faith by his works. Jeremiah, as a prophet of Jehovah, had not only to utter warnings and predictions, but to show, on needful occasion, that he himself believed in them. He who would have others obey the Lord, must keep on persuading them to obedience by being prominent in obedience himself. Observe— I. HOW THE LORD PREPARES JEREMIAH AGAINST A DIFFICULTY . Hanameel, we may take it, was coming in any case with this proposition of purchase, and, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:9

Seventeen shekels of silver; i.e. about £2 5 s . 4 d . (taking the shekel at 2 s . 8 d. ). This has been thought a small price. Thirty shekels were paid for the potter's field ( Matthew 27:7 ); fifty by David, for Araunah's threshing floor and oxen ( 2 Samuel 24:4 ). The Hebrew has "seven shekels and ten of silver;" hence the Targum increases the price by supplying "minas" before "of silver," bringing up the sum to one hundred and seven shekels. This, however, seems too much.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:9

Seventeen shekels of silver - literally, as in the margin, probably a legal formula. Jeremiah bought Hanameel’s life-interest up to the year of Jubilee, and no man’s life was worth much in a siege like that of Jerusalem. As Jeremiah had no children, at his death the land would devolve to the person who would have inherited it had Jeremiah not bought it. He therefore bought what never was and never could have been of the slightest use to him, and gave for it what in the growing urgency of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 32:9

Jeremiah 32:9. I weighed him the money In ancient times all money was paid by weight, a custom still used in several countries; even seventeen shekels of silver A sum which, in our money, is not much above forty shillings; a small price for a field or piece of ground. It must be considered, however, “that the quantity of land is uncertain, and that the circumstances of the times must have greatly tended to lessen the value of land. The field in question was at the time of the purchase in... 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 32:9

shekels. See App-51 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:9

9. seventeen shekels of silver—As the shekel was only 2s. 4d.., the whole would be under £2, a rather small sum, even taking into account the fact of the Chaldean occupation of the land, and the uncertainty of the time when it might come to Jeremiah or his heirs. Perhaps the "seven shekels," which in the Hebrew (see Margin) are distinguished from the "ten pieces of silver," were shekels of gold [MAURER]. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 32:9-10

Jeremiah bought the field for 17 shekels (about seven ounces) of silver. Since we do not know the size of the field or anything else about its condition, we cannot tell if this was a fair price. Jeremiah signed and sealed the deed with witnesses and exchanged the money with his cousin. This would have been viewed as a very foolish thing to do since the Babylonians had taken possession of all the land around Jerusalem by this time."Since the early, doubt-ridden days [Jeremiah 15:18; Jeremiah... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:6-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 32:9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 32:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 32:9

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 32:9-10

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

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