Jeremiah 32:8
in Jeremiah 32Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Hanamel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
KJV
So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis was the word of the Lord - It was by his appointment that I was to make this purchase. The whole was designed as a symbolical act, to show the people that there would be a return from Babylon, that each family should re-enter on its former possessions, and that a man might safely purchase on the certainty of this event.
This site's exposition
The word of the Lord came unto me
on Jeremiah 32:6-10
The word of the Lord came unto me announces the sign before it happens, Hanameel's visit foretold so that when the cousin arrives asking Jeremiah to exercise the kinsman's right of redemption on a field at Anathoth, the prophet can say then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. The transaction is unremarkable in itself, seventeen shekels weighed out for a field the buyer will likely never farm, the besieging army camped outside the very town where the land lies. The bench reads the ordinariness as the point, an act of commerce performed as an act of faith in territory the Chaldeans already hold.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8) And Anameel, the son of my uncle, came to me, according to the Word of the Lord, to the entrance (or courtyard) of the prison, and he said to me: Possess (or buy) my field, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the inheritance belongs to you, and you are a close relative to possess (or buy) it. What the word of the Lord had foretold through the prophet, immediately came to pass. Anameel came to me, by the grace of God, the son of my uncle, that is, the son of peace.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It became him to fulfil all righteousness. It was land that lay within the suburbs of a priests' city, and, if he should refuse it, there was danger lest, in these times of disorder, it might be sold to one of another tribe, which was contrary to the law, to prevent which it was convenient for him to buy it.
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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So Hanameel mine uncle's son came unto me,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The Roman historian, FLORUS (2.6), records a similar instance: During the days that Rome was being besieged by Hannibal, the very ground on which he was encamped was put up for sale at Rome, and found a purchaser; implying the calm confidence of the ultimate issue entertained by the Roman people.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The right of inheritance is thine - Hanameel therefore had no children, and at his death the land would have been Jeremiah’s by right of birth. According to the Law Num 35:5, it must have been part of the suburbs of Anathoth, within less than a mile, which was all the priests and Levites might cultivate.
The words behind it
34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֣א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵ֠לַי | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֲנַמְאֵ֨ל | chanamel | Hanamel | H2601 → | 4 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דֹּדִ֜י | dodi | uncle my | H1730 → | 61 times |
| כִּדְבַ֣ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָה֮ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֲצַ֣ר | chatzar | [the] courtyard of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַמַּטָּרָה֒ | hamatarah | the guard | H4307 → | 16 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלַ֡י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| קְנֵ֣ה | keneh | buy | H7069 → | 84 times |
| נָ֠א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׂדִ֨י | sadi | field my | H7704 → | 334 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בַּעֲנָת֜וֹת | baanatot | [is] at Anathoth | H6068 → | 15 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | [is] in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בִּנְיָמִ֗ין | binyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְךָ֞ | lekha | [belongs] to <the> you | ||
| מִשְׁפַּ֧ט | mishpat | [the] right of | H4941 → | 422 times |
| הַיְרֻשָּׁ֛ה | hayrushah | <the> possession | H3425 → | |
| וּלְךָ֥ | ulekha | and [belongs] to <the> you | ||
| הַגְּאֻלָּ֖ה | hageulah | the redemption | H1353 → | |
| קְנֵה־ | keneh- | buy [it] | H7069 → | 84 times |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | for <the> yourself | ||
| וָאֵדַ֕ע | vaeda' | and I knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [was] [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וַיָּבֹ֣אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֵ֠לַיto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
חֲנַמְאֵ֨לHanamel
chanamelH2601 →4 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
דֹּדִ֜יuncle my
dodiH1730 →61 times
כִּדְבַ֣רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָה֮Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חֲצַ֣ר[the] courtyard of
chatzarH2691 →191 times
הַמַּטָּרָה֒the guard
hamatarahH4307 →16 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלַ֡יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
קְנֵ֣הbuy
kenehH7069 →84 times
נָ֠אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שָׂדִ֨יfield my
sadiH7704 →334 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בַּעֲנָת֜וֹת[is] at Anathoth
baanatotH6068 →15 times
אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ[is] in [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
בִּנְיָמִ֗יןBenjamin
binyaminH1144 →166 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לְךָ֞[belongs] to <the> you
lekha
מִשְׁפַּ֧ט[the] right of
mishpatH4941 →422 times
הַיְרֻשָּׁ֛ה<the> possession
hayrushahH3425 →
וּלְךָ֥and [belongs] to <the> you
ulekha
הַגְּאֻלָּ֖הthe redemption
hageulahH1353 →
קְנֵה־buy [it]
keneh-H7069 →84 times
לָ֑ךְfor <the> yourself
lakh
וָאֵדַ֕עand I knew
vaeda'H3045 →945 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
דְבַר־[was] [the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 32:2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 3:25
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son…
- Jeremiah 33:1
While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
- Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no…
- Jeremiah 37:21
Through
Jeremiah 33:1While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:2–3
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of…
- Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
- 2 Timothy 2:9
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- Jeremiah 32:2–3
Through
Jeremiah 32:7Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:1
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 1:1
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.