Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Jeremiah 32

Jer 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 Nebuchadrezzar.

the tenth year of Zedekiah

Jer 39:1; 2Ki 25:1, 2.

Jer 32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

the right of redemption is thine to buy it

Lev 25:24, 25, 32; Rth 4:4.

Jer 32:9 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 the field

1. A sign of Jeremiah's faith in his own predictions of the restoration of Judah (Jer 32:15), for the field was then occupied by the Babylonian army; and
2. a sign to Judah of that coming restoration.

shekel

One shekel = 2s. 9d., or 65 cents [In 1917].

Jer 32:12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

the witnesses that subscribed the book

See Isa 8:2.

Jer 32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

I prayed unto the LORD

See Bible prayers (O.T.). Gen 15:2.

Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

thou hast made the heaven and the earth

2Ki 19:15.

there is nothing too hard for thee

Gen 18:14; Luk 1:37.

Jer 32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

lovingkindness

Exo 20:6; 34:7; Deu 5:9, 10.

Jer 32:19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

thine eyes are open upon all the ways

Jer 16:17; Job 34:21; Psa 33:13; Pro 5:21.

Jer 32:20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;

hast made thee a name

Exo 9:16; 1Ch 17:21; Isa 63:12; Dan 9:15.

Jer 32:21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

hast brought forth thy people

Exo 6:6; 2Sa 7:23; 1Ch 17:21; Psa 136:11, 12.

Jer 32:22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

a land flowing with milk and honey

Jer 11:5; Exo 3:8, 17.

Jer 32:24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

mounts

Or, engines of shot.

Jer 32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

the God of all flesh

Num 16:22.

Jer 32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

I should remove it

2Ki 23:27.

Jer 32:32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

they have done to provoke me to anger

Isa 1:4, 6; Dan 9:8.

Jer 32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Molech

Lev 18:21; 1Ki 11:7, 33.

Jer 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

I will gather them out of all countries

Jer 23:3; 29:14; 31:10; Deu 30:3; Eze 37:21.

Jer 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

they shall be my people

Jer 24:7; 30:22; 31:33.

Jer 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

I will give them one heart

Jer 24:7; Eze 11:19, 20.

Jer 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

an everlasting covenant

Covenant (New). Jer 32:37-40; Jer 50:4, 5. (Isa 61:8; Heb 8:8-12.)

fear

Scofield Psalm 19:9, note.

Jer 32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

I will rejoice over them to do them good

Deu 30:9; Zep 3:17.

I will plant them

Jer 24:6; 31:28; Amo 9:15.

Jer 32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Like as I have brought all this great evil

Jer 31:28.

Jer 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

the land of Benjamin

Jer 17:26.

I will cause their captivity to return

Jer 33:7, 11, 26.