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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 32:8 - Strong Concordance

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Jer 32:8 Strong Concordance 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].
  King James So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then I knew--Not that Jeremiah previously doubted the reality of the divine communication, but, the effect following it, and the prophet's experimentally knowing it, confirmed his faith and was the seal to the vision. The Roman historian, FLORUS (2.6), records a similar instance: During the days that Rome was being besieged by Hannibal, the very ground on which he was encamped was put up for sale at Rome, and found a purchaser; implying the calm confidence of the ultimate issue entertained by the Roman people.
 
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5 And ye shall measure [04058] from without [02351] the city [05892] on the east [06924] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520], and on the south [05045] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520], and on the west [03220] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520], and on the north [06828] side [06285] two thousand [0505] cubits [0520]; and the city [05892] shall be in the midst [08432]: this shall be to them the suburbs [04054] of the cities [05892].
9 And I bought [07069] the field [07704] of Hanameel [02601] my uncle's [01730] son [01121], that was in Anathoth [06068], and weighed [08254] him the money [03701], even seventeen [07651] [06235] shekels [08255] of silver [03701].