Jeremiah 32:1-44

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 hereditary piece of land as a symbol of what YHWH is going to do with regard to Judah. This confuses Jeremiah who cannot understand how such an action ties in with YHWH's warnings of the near certain destruction of Jerusalem, and he comes before YHWH in prayer, arguing out the pros and cons about whether YHWH intends to deliver His people at the last moment. YHWH replies by confirming that He will cause Jerusalem to be destroyed in the near future, but that one day He will also cause the exiles to return again to their own land. There He will transform them and make with them an everlasting covenant, with land once again being bought and sold in the land of Judah (Jeremiah 32:1).