For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, 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;
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For the prophecies on which the charge was grounded see Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 21:9....
CHAPTER 32 Jeremiah in Prison _ 1. Shut up in the court of the prison (Jeremiah 32:1) _ 2. The revelation of the Lord concerning Hanameel (Jeremiah 32:6) 3. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 32
JEREMIAH 32. THE REDEMPTION OF LAND AT ANATHOTH. A token of confidence in the future restoration. Probably not much more than Jeremiah 32:6 is original. This narrative, it should be noticed, is both p...
HAD SHUT HIM UP. One of the eleven rulers who were offended with God's messengers. See note on Exodus 10:28....
Introductory account of the historical position....
_For_ Gi. and Co. supported by LXX render _Where_, to which Du. also inclines. Not so Dr....
These _vv_. form a parenthetical explanation, so that Jeremiah 32:6 is to be connected immediately in sense with Jeremiah 32:2....
III. CONFIDENCE IN RESTORATION Jeremiah 32:1 to Jeremiah 33:26 In chapter 32 God directs Jeremiah to demonstrate to his contemporaries in a most tangible way that the nation did have a future. Even t...
32:3 For (c-1) Or 'where.'...
This chapter forms the introduction to the most continuously historical part of the book, which describes incidents in the two years preceding the final destruction of Jerusalem, viz. chs. 34-43. The...
אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּלָאֹ֔ו צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ ־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵ...
CHAPTER XXX RESTORATION I THE SYMBOL Jeremiah 32:1 "And I bought the field of Hanameel."- Jeremiah 32:9 WHEN Jeremiah was first called to his prophetic mission, after the charge "to pluck up and t...
The next of the prophecies of hope consists of the account of Jeremiah's purchase of a field in Anathoth, with the interpretation of the suggestiveness of the action. While he was still in prison thro...
There was some considerable space, it should seem between the close of the former Chapter and this, for, according to the date of the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar, it could not be very far from t...
Then the reason is added why he was shut up in prison, — he had dared to prophesy against the city and the king himself. It was no wonder that the king’s mind was exasperated when Jeremiah boldly said...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32. But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel should enjoy...
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...
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, 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...
_Jeremiah was shut up_ in _the court of the prison_ He was afterward put in the dungeon, Jeremiah 37:16; and Jeremiah 38:6. But now he was not under so severe a restraint. Compare Jeremiah 32:26; Jer...
1-15 Jeremiah, 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 woul...
We no where read that Zedekiah immediately commanded Jeremiah to be imprisoned, he seemeth rather to have been favourable to Jeremiah, and judicious interpreters think his present prison was a favoura...
Jeremiah 32:3 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 Judah H3063 up H3607 (H8804) saying H559 (H8800) prophesy H5012 ...
SUB-PART A. AFTER ITS DESTRUCTION JERUSALEM WILL ONE DAY BE RESTORED, SOMETHING GUARANTEED TO JEREMIAH IN A SYMBOLIC ACT OF PURCHASING FAMILY LAND (JEREMIAH 32:1). Jeremiah is commanded to buy an here...
Section 2 Subsection 2 Part 2). Having Been Imprisoned During The Siege Of Jerusalem Jeremiah Buys A Piece Of Hereditary Land In Order To Demonstrate Confidence In The Future Of The Land Of Judah, Som...
JEREMIAH IS SHUT UP IN PRISON FOR PROPHESYING THAT JERUSALEM WILL BE TAKEN BY NEBUCHADREZZAR (JEREMIAH 32:1). The scene now shifts from the rebuilding of the new Jerusalem to the time of the siege of...
Jeremiah 32:1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. For then the king of Babylon's army besieged J...
CONTENTS: Sign of the field of Hanameel. Jeremiah's second persecution, his prayer and Jehovah's answer. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Hanameel, Baruch. CONCLUSION: When we are...
Jeremiah 32:1. _The eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar._ This name, which in Hebrew signifies groaning and complaint, aptly describes the miseries he inflicted on the nations. Like an inundation he rav...
_Buy my field, I pray thee._ JEREMIAH’S FAITH I. Faith is here illustrated as resting exclusively upon the word of God. All that Jeremiah did in this matter he did just because he had a command from...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 32:2 BABYLON WAS BESIEGING JERUSALEM. This siege lasted about a year (see Jeremiah 39:1;...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“Tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, and eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar” (Jeremiah 32:1). _Cf_. note on chronology of chap. 25: “this eight...
EXPOSITION 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 prea...
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 32:1). Now in the eleventh year of Zedekiah is when...
2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Kings 6:31; 2 Kings 6:32; Acts 6:12; Amos 7:13