The word of the Lord came unto me— Jeremiah, after having just informed us why he was put into prison, returns to his design, and tells us, that God had advised him, in a dream or vision, that Hanameel his cousin should come to him with the offer of a field in Anathoth; the right of redeeming whereof was in him. Jeremiah might have given up his right, as not being in a situation to make the purchase; but, understanding from the revelation of the Lord, that this affair had a mystical reference, and that he ought to accept the offer of his cousin, [Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord, Jeremiah 32:8.] he purchased the field, as is afterwards related, with the full process and meaning of the affair.

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