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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 32:44 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 32:44 |
Strong Concordance |
Men shall buy [07069] fields [07704] for money [03701], and subscribe [03789] evidences [05612], and seal [02856] them, and take [05749] witnesses [05707] in the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144], and in the places about [05439] Jerusalem [03389], and in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the cities [05892] of the mountains [02022], and in the cities [05892] of the valley [08219], and in the cities [05892] of the south [05045]: for I will cause their captivity [07622] to return [07725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Referring to the forms of contract (Jer 32:10-12):
Benjamin--specified as Anathoth; Jeremiah's place of residence where the field lay (Jer 32:8), was in it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
8 So Hanameel [02601] mine uncle's [01730] son [01121] came [0935] to me in the court [02691] of the prison [04307] according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and said [0559] unto me, Buy [07069] my field [07704], I pray thee, that is in Anathoth [06068], which is in the country [0776] of Benjamin [01144]: for the right [04941] of inheritance [03425] is thine, and the redemption [01353] is thine; buy [07069] it for thyself. Then I knew [03045] that this was the word [01697] of the LORD [03068].
10 And I subscribed [03789] the evidence [05612], and sealed [02856] it, and took [05749] witnesses [05707], and weighed [08254] him the money [03701] in the balances [03976].
11 So I took [03947] the evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736], both that which was sealed [02856] according to the law [04687] and custom [02706], and that which was open [01540]:
12 And I gave [05414] the evidence [05612] of the purchase [04736] unto Baruch [01263] the son [01121] of Neriah [05374], the son [01121] of Maaseiah [04271], in the sight [05869] of Hanameel [02601] mine uncle's [01730] son, and in the presence [05869] of the witnesses [05707] that subscribed [03789] the book [05612] of the purchase [04736], before [05869] all the Jews [03064] that sat [03427] in the court [02691] of the prison [04307].