Jeremiah 32:4 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:4

And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans ,.... This is a continuation of the prophecy of Jeremiah, repeated by the king to him, and which concerns himself more especially; who, upon the taking of the city, would endeavour to make his escape, as he did; but should not be able, Jeremiah 52:8 ; but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon ; not only into the hands of his army, and of his generals, but into his own hand personally;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:4

And shall speak with him mouth to mouth - He shall be reduced to a state of the most abject servitude. The slave was obliged to fix his eyes on every motion of the master whilst giving his orders, who often condescended to give them only by dumb signs. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:4

Verse 4 When, therefore, the king saw that he would not be exempt from the common judgment, he was especially displeased with Jeremiah; for kings seek to be exempt from all laws, and when they allow the people to be reproved, they yet wish themselves to be deemed sacred. As then Jeremiah classed the king Zedekiah with all the common people, it was a thing not to be endured by a proud king. Hence his indignation was such, that he shut up Jeremiah in prison; and he became implacable, even when... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-5

Time and circumstances of the following revelation. It took place in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar (comp. Jeremiah 25:1 ; Jeremiah 52:12 ). The siege of Jerusalem had Begun in the preceding year ( Jeremiah 39:1 ), but had been temporarily raised on the approach of an Egyptian army ( Jeremiah 37:5 , Jeremiah 37:11 ). Jeremiah, who had declared resistance hopeless, had been accused of treason, and imprisoned ( Jeremiah 37:13 ), and in prison he remained... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-5

Silencing a prophet. A short time before an attempt was made upon his life; now it is imagined that the prophet will yield to harsh treatment and intimidation. The natural heart of man is so foolish that it cannot but credit man with the authorship of Divine truth, and suppose that he can control and modify the inspired messages of God. Nay, the sinner is often so left to himself as to suppose that his own precautions will prevent the communications of God's Spirit, or at least the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-44

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:1-15

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