George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 32:2
Court, at large, so that people might come to him freely. He was not chained or in prison, as [in] chap. xxxvii. 15., and xxxviii. 6, 13. (Calmet)
Court, at large, so that people might come to him freely. He was not chained or in prison, as [in] chap. xxxvii. 15., and xxxviii. 6, 13. (Calmet)
Verse Jeremiah 32:2. _THEN THE KING OF BABYLON'S ARMY BESIEGED JERUSALEM_] The siege had commenced the _year before_, and continued a _year after_, ending in the _fifth_ month of the following year;...
THE PRISON - Or, the guard, a part of the king’s palace, probably where the royal guard had its quarters....
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...
BESIEGED. was besieging. THE COURT OF THE PRISON: to which Jeremiah had access. Compare verses: Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 32:1....
Introductory account of the historical position....
_the court of the guard_ not meaning the place where a guard, or body of men, were posted but "a part of the court surrounding the Palace railed off to guard prisoners in, whom it was not desired to t...
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...
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. JEREMIAH ... WAS SHUT UP IN THE COUR...
32:2 guard, (b-23) Or 'keep;' see Nehemiah 3:25 ; Nehemiah 12:39 ....
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...
OF THE PRISON] RV 'of the guard,' i.e. of the palace sentries. For Jeremiah's imprisonment see Jeremiah 37, 38. 6-15. Jeremiah's purchase at Anathoth....
וְ אָ֗ז חֵ֚יל מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל צָרִ֖ים עַל
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...
He points out then the circumstances of that time, and not without reason, when he says, that he was then _shut up in prison, _and also mentions the year, even the tenth of Zedekiah and the eighteenth...
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 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...
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which [was] in the king of Judah's house. Ver. 2. _And Jeremiah the prophet wa...
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...
The king of Babylon (as appears from 2 KINGS 25:1 JEREMIAH 39:1) besieged Jerusalem in the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah, so as he had besieged it some time before the revelation of this p...
Jeremiah 32:2 king H4428 Babylons H894 army H2428 besieged H6696 (H8802) Jerusalem H3389 Jeremiah H3414 prophet H5030
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...
Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 36:5; Jer