Jeremiah 32:42

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 32:26-44

We have here God's answer to Jeremiah's prayer, designed to quiet his mind and make him easy; and it is a full discovery of the purposes of God's wrath against the present generation and the purposes of his grace concerning the future generations. Jeremiah knew not how to sing both of mercy and judgment, but God here teaches to sing unto him of both. When we know not how to reconcile one word of God with another we may yet be sure that both are true, both are pure, both shall be made good, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:42

For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people ,.... The Chaldean army now besieging them, the famine and pestilence among them, as well as their captivity, which was just at hand and certain: so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them ; in the preceding verses; as being their God, and they his people; giving them one heart, and one way; putting his fear into them; causing them to persevere to the end: rejoicing over them to do... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:42

Will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised - God's word cannot fail. The Jews have never yet received the good that God has promised. Nothing like the fulfillment of these promises took place after their return from Babylon; therefore there remaineth yet a rest for these ancient people of God; and it is under the Christian dispensation that they are to have it. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 32:42

Verse 42 God shews here again to his Prophet that exile would be temporary as to the remnant; for we know that the greater part of the people had been wholly rejected; but it pleased the Lord, that his Church should survive, though very small in number. Then this promise is not to be extended indiscriminately to all the twelve tribes, but refers especially to the elect, as the event sufficiently proved, and Paul also is a most faithful interpreter of this truth. And this ought to be carefully... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:26-44

The Divine answer. This falls into two parts. First, Jehovah repeats the burden of so many prophecies, that Israel has only to blame himself for his punishment ( Jeremiah 32:26-35 ); and then a bright future is disclosed beyond the gloomy interval of conquest and captivity—a future when men shall buy fields, and comply with all the legal formalities, precisely as Jeremiah has done (verses 36-44). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:42

Like as I have brought, etc. The prophet still has in his mind the thought expressed in Jeremiah 31:28 , that the brighter part of his revelations must as surely be accomplished as the darker. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:42

The ratio of sorrow and joy. I. THERE IS SUCH RATIO . Sorrow and joy are not flung down at haphazard into this world at the caprice of the Ruler of all, and irrespective one of the other, only that for the mass of men the sorrow is far greater and more pervading than the joy. But the relations between these two it is the glory of Scripture and of the gospel especially to reveal. II. SCRIPTURE TEACHES IT . Here in this verse; cf. also Psalms 90:1-17 ; "Make us glad... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 32:42

Evil the measure of good. I. WITH REGARD TO CERTAINTY . Here is evil actually upon the city and country. Evil that has come, not in some inexplicable, unexpected way, but in correspondence with prophetic announcements, extending over a long time and frequently repeated. And now out of the very perceived certainty of this evil, God takes occasion to create ground of hope and encouragement for the people. He who without fail has sent chastisement for the disobedient will equally... read more

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