Introduction
A.M. 3415. B.C. 589.
In this chapter, which has no connection with the preceding, we have an account,
(1,) Of Jeremiah’s imprisonment for foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity of King Zedekiah, Jeremiah 32:1-5 .
(2,) Of an order he received from God to purchase a field in Anathoth, and of his executing the order in due form, and delivering the writings to Baruch to be kept safely, in token of God’s purposing to restore the rights of possession in the land, Jeremiah 32:6-15 .
(3,) In a prayer he acknowledges God’s infinite greatness and power, and the wonders of his goodness to Israel, with the ungrateful and contumacious behaviour of that people, which had brought the present calamities upon them; and concludes with an humble representation of the desperate circumstances of his country, notwithstanding that he had been commanded to make the foregoing purchase, Jeremiah 32:16-25 .
(4,) In reply, God asserts his own all-sufficiency; and then goes on to avow his resolution to give up the city to be taken and burned by the Chaldeans, because of the many and great provocations which had been given him, Jeremiah 32:26-35 .
(5,) He promises, however, in time to reassemble his people, and bring them back to their own land, to enter into covenant with them anew, and to promote their welfare; so that the land, though given up to desolation at present, should flourish again, and possessions be once more bought and sold, as in former times, Jeremiah 32:36-44 .
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