For this city hath been to me [as] a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
Ver. 31. From the day that they built it.] Ever since Solomon beautified it, and made it the metropolis. Nevertheless Hegesippus was out, in saying that Jerusalem was so called quasi ιερον Sολομωντος. Solomon made it famous by his magnificence; but odious by his idolatry there.
The answer is divided into two parts; (a) Jeremiah 32:26, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment: (b) Jeremiah 32:36, this punishment was not for Judah’s destruction, but for h...
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
Yahweh answers the prophet by declaring the issue and cause of the present distress, and by promising (Jeremiah 32:36 ff.) the future restoration of the people to Palestine, where they shall dwell in...
See introd. summary to the section. The _vv_. after 27, purporting to give the Lord's reply to Jeremiah's question as to the fitness of his action in purchasing the field, bear fully the marks of a la...
_from the day that they built it_ a somewhat loose expression (as it existed in Canaanitish times; see 2 Samuel 5:6 ff.) for its earliest days as an Israelitish city....
FOR THIS CITY HAS BEEN TO ME, &C.— David was the builder of that part of Jerusalem called _Sion;_ therefore it was styled _the city of David._ He also enlarged the whole city, and made it the seat of...
2. _God's plan for the present_ (Jeremiah 32:28-35) TRANSLATION (28) Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, even into the hand of Nebuchadn...
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, THIS CITY HATH BEEN TO M...
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...
FROM THE DAY THAT THEY BUILT IT... — The words confirm the inference already drawn in the preceding note, that the thoughts of the prophet turn to the time when Israel was yet one people under David a...
כִּ֧י עַל ־אַפִּ֣י וְ עַל ־חֲמָתִ֗י הָ֤יְתָה
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...
_Built it. The Jebusites polluted it. David himself offended, as well as Solomon, and under all the kings many crimes were committed, (Calmet) which is always the case in large cities. These general t...
We have here the Lord's gracious answer to the Prophet's prayer, Isaiah 65:24. I think it not altogether improbable, but, as the Lord had directed Jeremiah to buy the field in Anathoth, even in the pr...
He confirms what we have just said, even that God, however, severely he might punish the Jews, would not yet exceed due limits in his judgment, because their iniquity had reached the highest pitch. It...
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 THIS CITY HATH BEEN TAME [AS] A PROVOCATION OF MINE ANGER AND OF MY FURY,.... Or, "upon mine anger, and upon my fury this city was to me" h; that is, it was upon his heart, and in his mind and pur...
_Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah_ To this difficulty of Jeremiah, between what was commanded him, and the prospect of its being, not only useless, but disadvantageous to him, the Lord ans...
Jeremiah's Prayer and Jehovah's Answer...
For this city hath been to Me as a provocation of Mine anger and of My fury, an object calling forth His indignation, challenging His wrath and punishment, FROM THE DAY THAT THEY BUILT IT EVEN UNTO TH...
A PROVOCATION: _ Heb._ for my anger...
26-44 God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them....
Solomon finished the building of Jerusalem, and he at least suffered idolatry in it, 1 KINGS 11:4,8. People have always been so fond of worshipping God according to their own fancies and inventions, t...
Jeremiah 32:31 city H5892 anger H639 fury H2534 day H3117 built H1129 (H8804) day H3117 remove H5493 ...
JERUSALEM WILL BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE'S GROSS SINFULNESS (JEREMIAH 32:28). Jeremiah 32:28 “Therefore thus says YHWH, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and int...
YHWH'S ANSWER IS UNEQUIVOCAL. IT IS TRUE THAT NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR HIM, BUT THAT MUST BE SEEN AS PRECISELY THE REASON WHY HE WAS DELIVERING THE CITY INTO THE HANDS OF THE CHALDEANS. FOR HE WILL ALS...
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...
Jeremiah 32:30. _For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their h...
Jeremiah 32:6. _And Jeremiah, said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for...
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...
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...
1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:8; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 22:
Did God delight in Zion (Jerusalem) or did it provoke His anger? PROBLEM: The psalmist declared that “the Lord loves the gates of Zion.” (Psalms 87:2). In fact, “the Lord has chosen Zion … [as] My res...