Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 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.
44. in the land of Benjamin, etc.] See on Jer 17:26.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 44. Men shall buy fields for money] This is a reference to the symbolical purchase mentioned at the beginning of the chapter; that may be considered by them as a sure sign of their restoration, not only to the same land, but to their respective inheritances in that land. This the power of God could alone perform.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Now, Jeremiah, thou understandest wherefore I commanded thee to buy the field offered thee by Hanameel in Anathoth in the lot of Benjamin; it was to assure thee, that though at present the Chaldeans shall prevail against Jerusalem, and the Jews shall be carried into captivity, and the Jews shall neither buy nor sell here at present, yet fields shall here be bought again; men shall buy, and sell, and seal evidences in all parts of Judea, as they were wont to do in former times, for they shall return again out of the captivity of Babylon into their own land, and have commerce one with another as formerly.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
44. Referring to the forms ofcontract (Jer 32:10-12):
Benjaminspecified asAnathoth; Jeremiah’s place of residence where the field lay (Jer32:8), was in it.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Men shall buy fields for money,…. They shall have plenty of money, and they shall lay it out in land, and carry on husbandry, cultivate the ground, which had lain long untilled, but now should be manured for public as well as private good. This some understand of particular churches planted in Judea, and out of it, throughout the whole world; and of men’s gathering and joining themselves to them by a profession of that faith which is more precious than gold or silver:
and subscribe evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses; as Jeremiah had done before, when he bought the field of his uncle’s son,
Jer 32:10. This is spiritually understood by some of the word of God laid hold on by faith; of the sealing of the Spirit, and of the ordinances of the Gospel:
in the land of Benjamin; where Anathoth was, and Jeremiah’s field lay; and where the same should be done by others as was done by him:
and in the places about Jerusalem; in the suburbs of it, and in the villages round about it:
and in the cities of Judah; throughout the whole country, divided into the three following parts:
and in the cities of the mountains; in the hilly country of Judea, where was Hebron, and other cities, Lu 1:39;
and in the cities of the valley. The Septuagint retains the Hebrew word “sephela”, or the plain, in which were Emmaus, Lydda, Sharon, places mentioned in the New Testament:
and in the cities of the south; or Nagab, the south part of Judea, which led to Gaza, Ac 8:26. This division of Judea into the mountains, valley, and south, exactly agrees with the account of it in
Jos 15:21. Some understand this of the Gospel going out of Jerusalem after the day of Pentecost, not only to the places near that city, but to Samaria, and the cities of the south towards Egypt, and so into all the world:
for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord; their temporal captivity from Babylon, and their spiritual captivity from sin, Satan, and the law.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
To shew more fully what is said in the preceding verse, he adds, Fields with money shall be bought, and by writing (the verbs are in the infinitive mood) they shall write on tablets and sign by witnesses even if the land of Benjamin (85) Then the Prophet mentions all the boundaries by which Jerusalem was surrounded. We know that a part of the city was in the lot of Benjamin, and even one gate was so called: in the land of Benjamin, he says, and also through the circuits of Jerusalem, even in the cities of Judah, those on the mountains, as well as those in the valley, and in the cities which he to the south, even Egypt, for the southern country was towards Egypt. The reason is added, Because God would restore their captivity, that, is, restore the captives that they might again rossess the land. Now follows, —
(85) The infinitives in Hebrew are often as in Welsh, verbal nouns. The rendering may be made as follows, —
Fields with money shall they buy; And there shall be writing in a book, And sealing, and the witnessing of witnesses, In the land of Benjamin, etc. etc.
Our version is the Syr. and nearly the Targ. — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
44. In the land of Benjamin, etc. The specifications of place here are evidently for emphasis, and serve to bring the glorious certainty more vividly to the minds of those who should hear and read this prophecy.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
REFLECTIONS
READER! behold in the example of Zedekiah King of Judah, how sin hardens. Though every tittle Jeremiah had foretold during the many years of his preaching, had come to pass, and not one thing had failed: though the false prophet Hananiah, that prophesied smooth things, and had promised peace, had suddenly died for his daring impiety; yet no one effect had either wrought upon the mind of Zedekiah, or his princes, or the people. Oh! what an awful state to be given up to a judicial blindness, and to the obduracy of a hardened and impenitent heart!
Behold the faithfulness of Jeremiah in the times of such impending danger. What a blessed state is that, which grace alone can induce, when neither the frowns nor smiles of men bring a snare!
But chiefly from this Chapter, may the reflections both of him that writes, and him that reads be directed, to behold Jesus in his unceasing tenderness and compassion over his people. Can the imagination form a representation of anything so lovely, as what is here said, of God’s gathering his dispersed, and bringing home his captives, notwithstanding all their obstinacy and rebellion against him? Precious Lord! let everyone of thine say, be it unto us according to thy word. If thou Lord wilt undertake both for thyself and people in this everlasting covenant, then most assuredly all those blessings must come to pass, and in the gift of one heart and one way, to fear thee and love thee forever; neither the father nor the children shall depart from thee! Oh! the sweetness and blessedness of that promise, in which thou hast said: I will not; and they shall not; I will not turn from them, and they shall not depart from me. Oh! for grace to live in the constant belief of this most blessed truth, by which all thy redeemed are safe, and shall not be cast down nor destroyed forever. Amen.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
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.
Ver. 44. Men shall buy fields for moneg. ] All shall be statu quo prius in that great restoration of all things. And with this chapter endeth the commentary of Jerome upon Jeremiah.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Men. Not in Hebrew Should be in italic type.
mountains = hill country.
captivity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for captives.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
buy: Jer 32:6-15
in the land: Jer 17:26
for I: Jer 32:37, Jer 33:7, Jer 33:11, Jer 33:26, Psa 126:1-4, As an earnest of these promises, houses and lands shall again take a good price in Judah and Jerusalem; and though they now are almost valueless, there shall again be a sufficiency of purchasers. Trade shall revive, for they shall have money enough to buy land with; husbandry shall revive, for those that have money, shall covet to lay it out upon lands; laws shall again have their due course, for they shall subscribe evidences, and seal them.
Reciprocal: Jer 30:3 – that I Jer 32:10 – I Jer 32:15 – Houses Jer 33:12 – in all Eze 36:12 – they shall Eze 38:12 – the desolate Oba 1:19 – the south Oba 1:20 – General Zec 1:17 – My cities Zec 7:7 – the south
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 32:44. Private ownership of property has been endorsed all through the Bible. Not only so, but some form of title with legal or public security of it has been practiced. See Genesis 23; Genesis 17-20; S3: 19.) Hence the prediction is made here that the transference of property would be subscribed and witnessed and sealed-.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
32:44 Men shall buy {x} fields for money, and signed deeds, 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 captives to return, saith the LORD.
(x) This is the declaration of that which was spoken of in Jer 32:8 .