Jeremiah 32:6
in Jeremiah 32Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
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ASV
And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
KJV
And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Version 6, 7.) And Jeremiah said: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Behold, Anameel (also known as Anemeel), the son of Sellum (or Sallom), your cousin (which is said in Hebrew as Dodach), is coming to you, saying: Buy my field, which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption belongs to you.
This site's exposition
Jeremiah replied, “The word of the
on Jeremiah 32:6-10
Hanamel's visit is foretold. When the cousin asks Jeremiah to use “the right of redemption” on a field, he knows “that this was the word of the LORD.” The sale is ordinary, “seventeen shekels of silver” for land he is unlikely to farm in territory the Chaldeans already hold.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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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But it was the will of God that he should buy it, and he submitted, though the money seemed to be thrown away. His kinsman came to offer it to him; it was not of his own seeking; he coveted not to lay house to house and field to field, but Providence brought it to him, and it was probably a good bargain; besides, the right of redemption belonged to him (
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And Jeremiah said, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Not that he said this to Zedekiah; but the prophet, after the above preface, returns to declare what the word of the Lord was, which came to him at the time before mentioned.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַ֥י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יִרְמְיָ֑הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
הָיָ֥הit came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַ֥יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; 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.