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Jeremiah 32:15

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For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

KJV

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

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This verse in Jeremiah 32

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Houses and fields - shall be possessed again - That is, this is an evidence that the captivity shall not last long: houses, etc., shall here be possessed again, either by their present owners or immediate descendants. The young might return; at least, all under ten years of age: there was no natural impossibility that they should not live till they should be fourscore.

This site's exposition

Then I took the deed of

on Jeremiah 32:11-15

Jeremiah hands both copies of the deed to Baruch before witnesses. The order to “put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time” looks past the coming destruction. The sign's meaning comes in one sentence: “Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

This site's exposition

Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought

Clarke reads it as a sign the captivity would be short enough for the present owners or their children to return. A child under ten could live to come back. Jeremiah 29:10 had already set the exile at seventy years.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 13 and following) And I commanded Baruch before them, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these books, this sealed book, and this open book, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last for many days. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall still be possessed in this land.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

He prays with admiration of God's majesty and works; and represents his own conflict, ver. 16-25. God confirms the captivity for their sins, ver. 26-35. but promises a gracious return, ver. 36-44.

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

So said, etc. Do not say that I am concealing them for nothing since everyone is going into exile.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 32:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כֹ֥הthus

    khohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֛רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • ע֣וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • יִקָּנ֥וּthey will be bought

    yikanuH7069 →84 times

  • בָתִּ֛יםhouses

    vatimH1004 →2046 times

  • וְשָׂד֥וֹתand fields

    vesadotH7704 →334 times

  • וּכְרָמִ֖יםand vineyards

    ukheramimH3754 →92 times

  • בָּאָ֥רֶץin the land

    baaretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַזֹּֽאת׃ פ<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zechariah 3:10On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”5 worksAmos 9:14–15I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.5 worksEzekiel 28:26And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”5 worksHosea 2:15There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.5 worksJeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.4 worksJeremiah 32:43And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’4 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 31:24And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,3 worksJeremiah 31:5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.3 worksJeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.3 worksJeremiah 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.3 worksJeremiah 33:12–13This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.3 worksIsaiah 44:26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’3 worksLeviticus 25:28But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.2 worksEzekiel 36:12Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 30:18

    This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…

    it leads to

    • Haggai 2:7–9

      I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

    • Psalms 102:13

      You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

    • Jeremiah 30:3

      For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…

    • Jeremiah 33:7

      I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.

    • Jeremiah 49:39

      “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

  • Through

    Zechariah 3:10

    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”

    it leads to

    • Micah 4:4

      And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 4:25

      Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 31:5

    Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.

    it leads to

    • Amos 9:14

      I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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