The purchase of the field. Jeremiah 32:6 resumes Jeremiah 32:1, after the long parenthesis in Jeremiah 32:2-5.
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Jeremiah 32:6-15
The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:6-15
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:1-15Jeremiah, being in prison for his prophecy, purchased a piece of ground. This was to signify, that though Jerusalem was besieged, and the whole country likely to be laid waste, yet the time would come, when houses, and…Matthew HenrycommentaryJudgments Predicted; Jeremiah Imprisoned. (b. c. 589.)JUDGMENTS PREDICTED; JEREMIAH IMPRISONED. (B. C. 589.) 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.…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-44EXPOSITION Jeremiah was far from wishing to depress his fellow countrymen to the point of disbelieving in the inalienable promises of God to Israel, He fully recognized an element of truth in the preaching of the "false…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-44A 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…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:6-15A parable of redemption. For the sake of variety and interest, it is lawful now and then to make the transactions of earth tell of the transactions of heaven; to make prosaic matters of fact—as the redeeming of this fie…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:6-9Faith tested by action. Jerusalem is besieged; the fields are occupied by the invader; Jeremiah knows that the Jews will be driven from their country; he is a prisoner. Yet he buys of piece of land! The transaction is c…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:6-15Jeremiah showing his faith by his works. Jeremiah, as a prophet of Jehovah, had not only to utter warnings and predictions, but to show, on needful occasion, that he himself believed in them. He who would have others ob…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 32:6-15Purchasing by Divine command. The passage a locus classicus for various questions and formalities connected with the Mosaic Law. Abraham bought a field for his dead; Jeremiah bought one for a nation yet unborn. If no ot…Joseph S. Exell and contributors