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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-15

It appears by the date of this chapter that we are now coming very nigh to that fatal year which completed the desolations of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. God's judgments came gradually upon them, but, they not meeting him by repentance in the way of his judgments, he proceeded in his controversy till all was laid waste, which was in the eleventh year of Zedekiah; now what is here recorded happened in the tenth. The king of Babylon's army had now invested Jerusalem and was carrying on... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16-25

We have here Jeremiah's prayer to God upon occasion of the discoveries God had made to him of his purposes concerning this nation, to pull it down, and in process of time to build it up again, which puzzled the prophet himself, who, though he delivered his messages faithfully, yet, in reflecting upon them, was greatly at a loss within himself how to reconcile them; in that perplexity he poured out his soul before God in prayer, and so gave himself ease. That which disturbed him was not the bad... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:6

And Jeremiah said, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Not that he said this to Zedekiah; but the prophet, after the above preface, returns to declare what the word of the Lord was, which came to him at the time before mentioned. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:7

Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee ,.... Hilkiah, the father of Jeremiah, and this Shallum, were own brothers; so that Jeremiah and Hanameel were brothers' sons, or own cousins: this coming of Hanameel to Jeremiah being a contingent event, with respect to second causes, and yet foretold as what would certainly be, shows that such events are foreknown by the Lord, and are sure to him: saying, buy thee my field that is in Anathoth ; the place from whence... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:8

So Hanameel mine uncle's son came unto me ,.... Freely and voluntarily, of his own accord; though it was determined he should, as it was predicted he would; for God's decrees do not infringe the liberty of the will: this man came from Anathoth, very probably, to Jerusalem, to the place where the prophet was: in the court of the prison, according to the word of the Lord ; which had been made known before to Jeremiah: and said unto me, buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:9

And I bought the field of Hanameel mine uncle's son; that was in Anathoth ,.... The prophet agreed with his cousin to take his field of him, at a certain price hereafter mentioned; which may seem strange in one that was a poor prophet, now a prisoner, and the land just going to be subject to the Chaldeans: but the design of this was to show that there would be a return from captivity, when houses and fields should be bought and sold again, of which this was a pledge: and weighed him the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:10

And I subscribed the evidence ,.... Or, "wrote in a book" F21 ואכתב בספר "et scripsi in libro", V. L. Munster, Pagninus, Montanus; "in libello", Cocceius. ; the instrument or bill of sale, the deed of purchase; which described the field sold, and expressed the condition on which the purchase was made; and by subscribing it he agreed to it, and laid himself under obligation to perform it: and sealed it ; for the further confirmation of it: and took witnesses ; to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:11

So I took the evidence of the purchase ,.... The deed of purchase, the book or bill of sale, the instrument of the bargain, as before mentioned: both that which is sealed, according to the law and custom ; which was both sealed by the buyer and seller, and was sealed up, and not to be looked into by everyone, only when there might be a necessity; this was the original copy: and that which was open ; the counter part or copy of the former, which though signed and sealed as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:12

And I gave the evidence of the purchase ,.... Both that which was sealed and that which was open; both the original and the copy; or the whole, as signed, sealed, and witnessed: unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah ; this Baruch, as appears from other places in this book, was one that attended on Jeremiah, was his scribe or amanuensis, and did business for him of one kind or another, and is described here by his pedigree; and it was the more necessary now to make use of him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:13

And I charged Baruch before them ,.... Before his kinsman, the witnesses of the deed, and the Jews that were in the court: saying , as follows: read more

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