Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 32:9
The money — The price of land was strangely fallen at this time, when the enemy was besieging the chief city of the country.
The money — The price of land was strangely fallen at this time, when the enemy was besieging the chief city of the country.
Verse Jeremiah 32:9. _WEIGHED HIM THE MONEY_] It does not appear that there was any _coined_ or _stamped_ money among the Jews before the captivity; the Scripture, therefore, never speaks of _counting...
SEVENTEEN SHEKELS OF SILVER - literally, as in the margin, probably a legal formula. Jeremiah bought Hanameel’s life-interest up to the year of Jubilee, and no man’s life was worth much in a siege lik...
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, after a premonition of the coming opportunity (subsequently confirmed as being of Divine origin, Jeremiah 32:8) uses the right of redemption belonging to the next-of-kin (Leviticus 25:25; Ru...
SHEKELS. See App-51....
See introd. summary to the section....
_that was in Anathoth_ Omit with LXX. _weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver_ The shekel weighed about 220 of our grains. The amount may appear small (about _£_2. 6 _s_. 6 _d_. of ou...
B. The Purchase of a Field Jeremiah 32:6-15 TRANSLATION (6) And Jeremiah said: The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (7) Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come unto you, saying...
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. I BOUGHT ... AND WEIGHED HIM THE MONEY ... SEVENTEEN SHEKELS OF S...
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...
WEIGHED HIM THE MONEY, EVEN SEVENTEEN SHEKELS OF SILVER. — The Hebrew presents the singular combination, _seven shekels and ten_ [_pieces of_]_ silver,_ and is followed by the LXX. and Vulg. There is...
וָֽ אֶקְנֶה֙ אֶת ־הַ שָּׂדֶ֔ה מֵ אֵ֛ת
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...
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen (f) shekels of silver. (f) Which amounts to about ten shillings six pence in our...
_Silver. Hebrew, "seventeen sicles of silver." (Haydock) --- Coin was not yet used. (Calmet)_...
The Lord was pleased by this token, of causing Jeremiah to buy a portion of land, in the prospect of the loss of all the land, to testify, that his word should stand: and though for a time he gave his...
He afterwards adds, that he _bought the field of Hanameel his uncle’s son, which was in Anathoth, _in _the land of Benjamin _There is nothing superfluous in these words, for though the Prophet speaks...
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...
AND I BOUGHT THE FIELD OF HANAMEEL MINE UNCLE'S SON; THAT [WAS] IN ANATHOTH,.... The prophet agreed with his cousin to take his field of him, at a certain price hereafter mentioned; which may seem str...
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver. Ver. 9. _And I bought the field._] This was bravely done, to...
_I weighed him the money_ In ancient times all money was paid by weight, a custom still used in several countries; _even seventeen shekels of silver_ A sum which, in our money, is not much above forty...
SEVENTEEN SHEKELS OF SILVER: Or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver...
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...
Ver. 9. That is, about 2l. 2s. 6d., a small purchase, which argues the field here mentioned to be but some orchard or garden; though we must allow the price of land strangely fallen at this time, when...
Jeremiah 32:9 bought H7069 (H8799) field H7704 Hanamel H2601 son H1121 uncle H1730 Anathoth H6068 weighed H8254 ...
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...
THE TRANSACTION (JEREMIAH 32:7). Jeremiah 32:7 “Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum your uncle, will come to you, saying, ‘Buy you my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours...
JEREMIAH IS COMMANDED BY YHWH TO DEMONSTRATE HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF JUDAH BY BUYING LAND FROM HIS COUSIN HANAMEL ON THE DEATH OF HIS UNCLE. BUT EVEN JEREMIAH IS PUZZLED BY IT AND IT DRIVES HI...
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...
BOUGHT (1) A sign of Jeremiah's faith in his own predictions of the restoration of Judah (Jeremiah 32:15) for the field was then occupied by the Babylonian army; and (2) a sign to Judah of that comi...
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...
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 32:9 Because of God’s word, Jeremiah buys the FIELD, even though Babylon will soon invade the land. SEVENTEEN SHEKELS. About seven ounces....
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 20:39; Esther 3:9; Genesis 23:15; Genesis 23:16; Genesis 37:28