Jeremiah 32:1-15

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 32:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord ,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum, concerning Jeremiah's buying the field of his uncle's son, Jeremiah 32:6 ; and concerning the delivery of the city of Jerusalem into the hands of the Chaldeans, Jeremiah 32:26 ; and the return of the captivity, Jeremiah 32:36 ; in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar ; the same with Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a year before the taking of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:2

For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem ,.... And had done so for some time; for the siege began in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Jeremiah 52:4 ; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house ; which showed great stupidity and hardness of heart in the king, and his courtiers, and in the people, to imprison a prophet of the Lord, when surrounded by an enemy's army, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:3

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up ,.... In prison, at least in the court of the prison; he had given orders for his imprisonment, which were executed, and it was the same as if he had done it himself; the reason of which was, as follows: saying, wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, thus saith the Lord , behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it ? meaning the city of Jerusalem, now besieged by the king of Babylon. This prophecy... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 32:5

And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon ,.... As he did in chains, from Riblah, where he was brought unto him after he was taken, endeavouring to make his escape, Jeremiah 52:8 ; and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the Lord ; in taking him away by death; for he continued in Babylon to the time of his death, which was not violent, but natural; and, considering his circumstances, his captivity, imprisonment, and loss of sight, might be reckoned a visitation in mercy: though some... 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

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