You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;’ whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
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You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;’ whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
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And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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Yet Thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD: Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'
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Passages linked to Jeremiah 32:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 32:24 “Behold, siege ramps have come to the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, of the famine, and of the pestilence. What you have spoken has happened. Behold, you see it.
- Psalms 77:19 Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- John 13:7 Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
- Romans 11:33-34 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O…
Jer 32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Ver. 25. And thou hast said unto me.] Which now I cannot but seriously wonder at, seeing how things are carried; yet I have obeyed thee without questioning.
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For the city is given.] Or, Though the city be given.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In this verse again the particle is ill translated…
In this verse again the particle is ill translated and, and for in the latter clause. The learned author of the English Annotations judgeth well, that it had been better translated whenas in the second place, as Gen 4:11; Psa 102:5, or albeit, or though, as it is translated, Jos 17:18; Psa 23:4; and yet instead of and in the beginning, as it is Jer 23:21. Lord, saith the prophet, expound thy meaning to me, why, when the city is upon the matter ready to be yielded up to the Chaldeans, and cannot possibly hold out long, thou shouldest set me to make purchases for thine enemies to possess.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,....…
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,.... This is an answer to the prophet's prayer, and particularly to the latter part of it; showing the consistency of the destruction of the city with his purchase of a field, and with God's promise of fields and vineyards being purchased and possessed again; and how each of these would be brought about:
saying; as follows:
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For - See the margin. It is enough to…
For - See the margin. It is enough to place the command side by side with the state of Jerusalem to show how contrary it is to all the rules of human prudence. The prophet is sure that God will explain to him his difficulty.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Is given, in the eternal decrees, ver. 28. (Haydock)
Is given, in the eternal decrees, ver. 28. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain for the city, &c.--rather, "though," &c.
for the city, &c.--rather, "though," &c.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. And thou hast said — An appeal to…
25. And thou hast said — An appeal to God for relief. Not to doubt the propriety of the command, but to indicate an oppressive sense of incongruity between it and the conditions, are these words spoken.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. The two things, the state of the city…
25. The two things, the state of the city and God’s command, are placed side by side that their apparent inconsistency may be most strikingly shewn.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For the city is given; rather, whereas. It is…
For the city is given; rather, whereas. It is a reflection of the prophet"s.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 32:25 Jeremiah was still puzzled about the Lord’s command…
32:25 Jeremiah was still puzzled about the Lord’s command to buy the field (32:8). That field would be under the control of the Babylonian army, and the purchase price drew on Jeremiah’s good money, his savings. Because the Lord had decreed that the city would be destroyed, the purchase appeared futile from a human perspective.
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