Jeremiah 32:16-Lamentations : (a later Deuteronomistic expansion, except perhaps in Jeremiah 32:24 f.). Prayer of Jeremiah, reviewing the Divine characteristics, and Yahweh’ s control of Israel’ s history, up to the present distress, and implying doubt as to the issue. Jeremiah 32:24 . mounts: earthen mounds raised by the besiegers, 66, 334. read more
Who dost nothing but in infinite wisdom, as if thou hadst taken counsel upon it; and art mighty in thy works of providence, by which thou governest the world; whose eyes ran to and fro the earth, beholding the evil and the good; so that all things are naked before thee, and thou art not a mere curious and idle spectator of men’s actions, but lookest upon them for that end, that thou mightest reward or punish them, according as thou seest their actions good or bad in thy sight. read more
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the Chapter.—“Tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, and eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar” (Jeremiah 32:1). Cf. note on chronology of chap. 25: “this eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar” was about B.C. 585; or, according to the Chaldean cylinders, B.C. 564.2. Contemporary Scriptures.—chaps. 39., 40, Jeremiah 52:4-5, &c.; 2 Kings 25:0; 2 Chronicles 36:17, seq.; Ezekiel 24:0.3. National Affairs.—The siege of Jerusalem began in the tenth month of the... read more
Chapter 32The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar ( Jeremiah 32:1 ).Now in the eleventh year of Zedekiah is when Jerusalem fell. So this is right at the end.For then [even at this time, the tenth year] the king of Babylon's army had besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned... read more
Jeremiah 32:1 . The eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. This name, which in Hebrew signifies groaning and complaint, aptly describes the miseries he inflicted on the nations. Like an inundation he ravaged all the conquered states, instead of watering them. He was son of Merodach, and founder of the Babylonian empire. Daniel 2:7. He is called the head of gold, and the flying eagle. In the first year of his military career, which was the twenty ninth of king Josiah, he ruined Nineveh, and put... read more
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in work.The greatness of God’s wisdom, and the abundance of His powerI. Consider the subject speculatively.1. My first proofs shall be taken from the nature of God. The nature of God proves that He is great in counsel. Consider the perfect knowledge that He hath of all possible beings, as well as of all the beings which do actually exist. The knowledge of all possible beings, diversified without end by the same intelligence that imagines them: What... read more
Jer 32:19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes [are] open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: Ver. 19. Great in counsel and mighty in work. ] See on Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 28:29 . For thine eyes are upon all the ways of the sons of men. ] Oh that we could always look upon these eyes of God as looking on us! it would be a notable retentive from evil and incentive to good. To give unto every one... read more
Great: Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 40:13, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34, Ephesians 1:11 work: Heb. doing, Exodus 15:11, Daniel 4:35 for: Jeremiah 16:17, Jeremiah 23:24, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Job 34:21, Psalms 33:13-Ezra :, Psalms 34:15, Proverbs 5:21, Hebrews 4:13 to give: Jeremiah 17:10, 1 Kings 8:32, Psalms 62:12, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Matthew 16:27, John 5:29, Romans 2:6-2 Samuel :, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 2:23, Revelation 22:12 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:39 -... read more
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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:17-25
Jeremiah Questions YHWH As To Why He Has Commanded Him To Do This Strange Thing Of Buying Land If The Land Was In Fact Simply Going To Be Taken Over By The Chaldeans. He May Well Have Wondered Whether This Did This Then Mean That YHWH Intended To Intervene At the Last Moment And Save His People (Jeremiah 32:17-25 ). Having handed over the deeds of purchase of the land to Baruch, Jeremiah comes to YHWH in prayer, and in the prayer he sums up how he sees the present situation, setting out the... read more