Jeremiah 32:44 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Jeremiah 32:44
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
to erect · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
fields
שָׂד֞וֹתsa.Dot
H7704
a field (as flat) · noun, common feminine plural absolute
money
בַּכֶּ֣סֶףba.Ke.sef
H3701
silver (from its pale color) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
subscribe
וְכָת֨וֹבve.kha.Tov
H3789
to grave · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive absolute
evidences
בַּסֵּ֥פֶרba.Se.fer
H5612
properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seal
וְחָתוֹם֮ve.cha.tOm
H2856
to close up · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive absolute
take
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Jeremiah 17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and fr…
Jeremiah 33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
Jeremiah 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Prai…
Jeremiah 33:26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham…
Jeremiah 32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will br…
Psalms 126:1-4 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:26–end
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 not one iota or tittle of either shall fall to the ground. When Jeremiah was ordered to buy the field in Anathoth he was willing to hope that God was about to revoke the sentence of his wrath and to or…
Referring to the forms of contract (Jer 32:10-12):
Benjamin--specified as Anathoth; Jeremiah's place of residence where the field lay (Jer 32:8), was in it.
Next: Jeremiah Chapter 33
John Gill on Jeremiah 32:44
Men shall buy fields for money,.... They shall have plenty of money, and they shall lay it out in land, and carry on husbandry, cultivate the ground, which had lain long untilled, but now should be manured for public as well as private good. This some understand of particular churches planted in Judea, and out of it, throughout the whole world; and of men's gathering and joining themselves to them by a profession of that faith which is more precious than gold or silver:
and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses; as Jeremiah had done before, when he bought the field of his uncle's son, Jeremiah 32:10. This is spiritually understood by some of the word of God laid hold on by…
Jeremiah 32:43-44
43. And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
43. Et acquiretur ager in terra hac de qua vos dicitis, Deserta est ab homine et jumento, tradita est in manum Chaldaeorum.
44. Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
44. Agros pecunia ement, scribendo in libro, et obsignando, et obtes…
The Church Fathers
(Verse 44) The fields will be bought with money, and recorded in a book, and sealed with a seal, and witnesses will be present in the land of Benjamin, and around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, and in the mountainous cities, and in the cities of the plain (or Shephelah), and in the cities of the Negev (which are to the south). For I will restore their captivity, says the Lord. Then fields were bought with money, so that we could make friends for ourselves with the unjust mammon, who would receive us into eternal tabernacles (Luke 16). And it is written in the book, without doubt concerning the living. And it is imprinted with the sign of the banner of the Cross of the Lord and of Victory; and witnesses have been called, the Martyrs, and the chorus of all the saints. In the land of Benjamin, where the strength of the Lord exists, and in the vicinity of Jerusalem, where the vision of peace and eternal security resides: in the cities of Judah, where the true confession of Christ is found. And in the mountainous cities, of which there is one, about which it is said: a city cannot be hidden, when it is situated on a mountain (Matthew 5). And in the countryside cities, which are called Sephela in Hebrew, so that from the depths and depressions through the equality of the fields we may rise to the highest point. And in the cities that are to the south, which the LXX translated as Nageb, where the noon and the full light of truth are. But when all these things are accomplished, what is written will be fulfilled: I will turn their captivity, says the Lord, of whom it is written: ascending on high, he led captivity captive (Psalm 67:19). He received, or (as the Apostle says) he gave gifts to men (Ephesians 4:8).
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Dictionary and topics
Hanameel — Whom God has graciously given, the cousin of Jeremiah, to whom he sold the field he possessed in Anathoth, before the siege of Jerusalem (Jer. 32:6-12).
Plain — (1.) Heb. ‘abel (Judg. 11:33), a “grassy plain” or “meadow.” Instead of “plains of the vineyards,” as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has “Abel-cheramim” (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2…
Seal — Commonly a ring engraved with some device (Gen. 38:18, 25). Jezebel “wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal” (1 Kings 21:8). Seals are frequently mentioned in Jewish history…
Vale, Valley — It is hardly necessary to state that these words signify a hollow sweep of ground between two more or less parallel ridges of high land. The structure of the greater part of the holy land does not…
Land · Sale and re — Sale and re
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as
Seals · Impressions of: Attached to lease and transfers of property — Impressions of: Attached to lease and transfers of property
Witness · 4:1-9; — 4:1-9;
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
וְהָעֵ֣דve.ha.'Ed
H5749
to duplicate or repeat · conjunction + verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
witnesses
עֵדִים֒'e.Dim
H5707
concretely · noun, common masculine plural absolute
land
בְּאֶ֨רֶץbe.'E.retz
H776
the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Benjamin
בִּנְיָמִ֜ןbin.ya.Min
H1144
Binjamin · proper noun, a man's name
about
וּבִסְבִיבֵ֣יu.vis.vi.Vei
H5439
(as noun) a circle · conjunction + preposition + noun, common both genders plural construct
Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.Lim
H3389
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
cities
וּבְעָרֵ֤יu.ve.'a.Rei
H5892
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Judah
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.Dah
H3063
Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
cities
וּבְעָרֵ֣יu.ve.'a.Rei
H5892
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
mountains
הָהָ֔רha.Har
H2022
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cities
וּבְעָרֵ֥יu.ve.'a.Rei
H5892
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
valley
הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הha.she.fe.Lah
H8219
Lowland · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
cities
וּבְעָרֵ֣יu.ve.'a.Rei
H5892
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
south
הַנֶּ֑גֶבha.Ne.gev
H5045
the south (from its drought) · definite article + proper noun, a place name
captivity
שְׁבוּתָ֖םshe.vu.Tam
H7622
exile · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
return
אָשִׁ֥יב'a.Shiv
H7725
to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular
saith
נְאֻםne.'um-
H5002
an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
Jer 32:38, Jer 32:39 are to be understood like Jer 31:33. They must in very deed become the people of the Lord, for God gives them one heart and one way of life, to fear Him always, i.e., through His Spirit He renews and sanctifies them (Jer 31:33; Jer 24:7; Jer 11:19). "One heart and one way" that they may all with one mind and in one way fear me, no longer wander through many wicked ways (Jer 26:3; Isa 53:6). יראה is an infinitive, as often in Deut., e.g., Jer 4:10, from which the whole sentence has been derived, and Jer 6:24, to which the expression לטוב להם points. The everlasting covenant which the Lord wishes to conclude with them, i.e., the covenant-relationship which He desires to gr…
fields will once again be bought and sold: The Lord directly answered Jeremiah’s query (32:25). Jeremiah had signed and sealed and witnessed a deed for his inherited property (32:9-11), and people would do the same throughout the land of Judah.
Rashi on Jeremiah 32:37
Behold I will gather them with mercy from wherever I have driven them with My anger.
