UBF Daily Bread

BUY THE FIELD WITH SILVER

Passage: Jeremiah 32:1~25

Key verse: 25

Jeremiah Buys a Field

32 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth^(A) year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth^(B) year of Nebuchadnezzar. ²The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging^(C) Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined^(D) in the courtyard of the guard^(E) in the royal palace of Judah.

³Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, “Why do you prophesy^(F) as you do? You say, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will capture^(G) it. ⁴Zedekiah^(H) king of Judah will not escape^(I) the Babylonians^[a]^(J) but will certainly be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. ⁵He will take^(K) Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him,^(L) declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’”^(M)

⁶Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: ⁷Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth,^(N) because as nearest relative it is your right and duty^(O) to buy it.’

⁸“Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field^(P) at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’

“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; ⁹so I bought the field^(Q) at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels^[b] of silver.^(R) ¹⁰I signed and sealed the deed,^(S) had it witnessed,^(T) and weighed out the silver on the scales. ¹¹I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy— ¹²and I gave this deed to Baruch^(U) son of Neriah,^(V) the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

¹³“In their presence I gave Baruch these instructions: ¹⁴‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed^(W) and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time. ¹⁵For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’^(X)

¹⁶“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch^(Y) son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:

¹⁷“Ah, Sovereign Lord,^(Z) you have made the heavens and the earth^(AA) by your great power and outstretched arm.^(AB) Nothing is too hard^(AC) for you. ¹⁸You show love^(AD) to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps^(AE) of their children^(AF) after them. Great and mighty God,^(AG) whose name is the Lord Almighty,^(AH) ¹⁹great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds.^(AI) Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind;^(AJ) you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.^(AK) ²⁰You performed signs and wonders^(AL) in Egypt^(AM) and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown^(AN) that is still yours. ²¹You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand^(AO) and an outstretched arm^(AP) and with great terror.^(AQ) ²²You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.^(AR) ²³They came in and took possession^(AS) of it, but they did not obey you or follow your law;^(AT) they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster^(AU) on them.

²⁴“See how the siege ramps^(AV) are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague,^(AW) the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said^(AX) has happened,^(AY) as you now see. ²⁵And though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign Lord, say to me, ‘Buy the field^(AZ) with silver and have the transaction witnessed.^(BA)’”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 32:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 5, 24, 25, 28, 29 and 43
Jeremiah 32:9 That is, about 7 ounces or about 200 grams

Cross references

Jeremiah 32:1 : 2Ki 25:1
Jeremiah 32:1 : Jer 25:1
Jeremiah 32:2 : S 2Ki 25:1
Jeremiah 32:2 : S Ps 88:8
Jeremiah 32:2 : S Ne 3:25
Jeremiah 32:3 : Jer 26:8-9
Jeremiah 32:3 : ver 28; Jer 21:4; 34:2-3
Jeremiah 32:4 : Jer 34:21; 44:30
Jeremiah 32:4 : S Jer 21:7; 38:18, 23; 39:5-7; 52:9
Jeremiah 32:4 : ver 24
Jeremiah 32:5 : Jer 39:7; Eze 12:13
Jeremiah 32:5 : S 2Ki 25:7
Jeremiah 32:5 : Jer 21:4; La 1:14
Jeremiah 32:7 : S Jos 21:18
Jeremiah 32:7 : Lev 25:24-25; S Ru 4:3-4; Mt 27:10*
Jeremiah 32:8 : ver 25
Jeremiah 32:9 : Jer 37:12
Jeremiah 32:9 : S Ge 23:16
Jeremiah 32:10 : Ge 23:20
Jeremiah 32:10 : S Ru 4:9; S Isa 8:2
Jeremiah 32:12 : ver 16; Jer 36:4; 43:3, 6; 45:1
Jeremiah 32:12 : Jer 51:59
Jeremiah 32:14 : S Isa 8:16
Jeremiah 32:15 : ver 43-44; Isa 44:26; Jer 30:18; Eze 28:26; Am 9:14-15
Jeremiah 32:16 : S ver 12
Jeremiah 32:17 : Jer 1:6
Jeremiah 32:17 : S Ge 1:1; S Jer 10:16
Jeremiah 32:17 : S Dt 9:29; 2Ki 19:15; Ps 102:25
Jeremiah 32:17 : S 2Ki 3:18; Jer 51:15; S Mt 19:26
Jeremiah 32:18 : S Dt 5:10
Jeremiah 32:18 : S Ps 79:12
Jeremiah 32:18 : S Ex 20:5; S Ps 109:14
Jeremiah 32:18 : Jer 10:6
Jeremiah 32:18 : S Jer 10:16
Jeremiah 32:19 : S Job 12:13; Da 2:20
Jeremiah 32:19 : S Job 14:16; S Pr 5:21; Jer 16:17
Jeremiah 32:19 : S Job 34:11; S Mt 16:27
Jeremiah 32:20 : S Ex 3:20; S Job 9:10
Jeremiah 32:20 : Ex 9:16
Jeremiah 32:20 : S Isa 55:13; S Jer 13:11
Jeremiah 32:21 : S Ex 6:6; Da 9:15
Jeremiah 32:21 : S Dt 5:15; S Jer 6:12
Jeremiah 32:21 : S Dt 26:8
Jeremiah 32:22 : S Ex 3:8; Eze 20:6
Jeremiah 32:23 : S Ps 44:2; 78:54-55
Jeremiah 32:23 : S Ex 16:28; S Jos 1:7; S 1Ki 9:6; S Jer 11:8
Jeremiah 32:23 : S Dt 28:64; 31:29; Da 9:14
Jeremiah 32:24 : S 2Sa 20:15; S Jer 6:6
Jeremiah 32:24 : S Jer 14:12
Jeremiah 32:24 : Dt 4:25-26; Jos 23:15-16
Jeremiah 32:24 : S Dt 28:2
Jeremiah 32:25 : S ver 8
Jeremiah 32:25 : S Isa 8:2

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During the time of king Zedekiah, the last king of Judah before the exile, the army of Babylon took siege of Jerusalem. King Zedekiah put Jeremiah in prison because Jeremiah was prophesying that Babylon would capture Jerusalem. During those times, there was a word of God telling Jeremiah to buy a field from his cousin.

Judah was about to be captured by Babylon. Everything would be destroyed. Yet God’s word to them was that houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land. In the midst of complete destruction, when there was no hope, God was planting hope that there surely will be restoration. Jeremiah started praying to God. God had brought them out of Egypt with his mighty hand but the people still sinned. Then God would deliver them into the hands of the Babylonians. In this moment, God wants Jeremiah to buy a field. This means that God will restore the land.

Due to our sins, we are disciplined by God. However, God always has hope for us. Most of all, he sent his one and only Son Jesus to be our ultimate Savior. In Jesus, we have hope for salvation and ultimate restoration. We all deserve to be destroyed, but by Jesus’ blood, we are saved.

Prayer: Thank you for sending Jesus and giving us the hope of the kingdom of heaven

One Word: Buy a field in heaven, which will never be destroyed