Jeremiah 32:12-16 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

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 32:12

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:14

Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ,.... The order to do the following is ushered in in this solemn manner, partly that Baruch might more strictly observe it, and act according to it; and partly that the persons before whom it was given might take the greater notice of it, and believe that there was something intended by it of moment and importance: take these evidences ; or "books" F24 את הספרים "libellos hos", Cocceius, Schmidt; "literas has", Junius & Tremellius,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:15

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... Who is the Lord God Almighty, and can do what he pleases; and is the covenant God of his people, and therefore will do them good by all his providences in the issue of things: houses, and fields, and vineyards, shall be possessed in this land ; or "bought" F25 יקנו "ementur", Cocceius, Piscator; "vedentur", Schmidt. in it; of which the prophet's buying this field was a pledge and earnest; signifying, that though the city... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah ,.... When he had finished his worldly business, and which yet was by a divine order, and to answer a divine purpose, then he betook himself to prayer; and it is proper we should be quite free from worldly cares and concerns when we enter upon religious duties, particularly prayer to God; when the soul ought to be separated from the world and the things of it, and wholly devoted to God: I prayed unto the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:15

Houses and fields - shall be possessed again - That is, this is an evidence that the captivity shall not last long: houses, etc., shall here be possessed again, either by their present owners or immediate descendants. The young might return; at least, all under ten years of age: there was no natural impossibility that they should not live till they should be fourscore. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:16

I prayed unto the Lord - And what a prayer! What weight of matter, sublimity of expression, profound veneration, just conception, Divine unction, powerful pleading, and strength of faith! Historical, without flatness; condensed, without obscurity; confessing the greatest of crimes against the most righteous of Beings, without despairing of his mercy, or presuming on his goodness: a confession that, in fact, acknowledges that God's justice should smite and destroy, had not his infinite... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:12

Verse 12 He afterwards adds, that he gave both to his scribe Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the presence of Hanameel, and in the presence of the witnesses who had subscribed the writings, and in the presence of all who stood there, that is, in the court of the prison. Hence we may again plainly conclude, that he is narrating a real history, and not a vision exhibited to him: the seller, Hanameel, was present together with witnesses and other Jews; and he says that he gave up... read more

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:12

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