Jeremiah Buys Hanamel’s Field
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2Ki 25:1-2Jer 39:1-2Jer 25:12Ch 36:11Jer 52:4-5 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah. Jer 37:21Neh 3:25Jer 33:1Jer 38:6Jer 32:8Jer 36:5Jer 39:13-15Mat 5:12
For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. Jer 34:2-3Jer 21:4-7Jer 26:8-9Jer 32:28-292Ch 28:222Ki 6:31-32Act 6:12-14Amo 7:13 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, 1 but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. 2Ki 25:4-7Jer 37:17Jer 38:18Jer 38:23Jer 39:4-7Ezk 12:12-13Jer 52:8-11Ezk 17:13-21 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’” Ezk 17:15Ezk 17:9-10Jer 21:4-5Jer 27:22Jer 33:5Jer 39:72Ch 13:122Ch 24:20
Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ Jer 1:1Jer 11:21Lev 25:251Ki 14:5Lev 25:23Lev 25:34Lev 25:49Mrk 11:2-6 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Jer 32:7Jer 32:21Ki 22:251Sa 10:3-71Sa 9:16-17Jer 33:11Ch 6:601Ki 2:26
Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. 2 1Ki 20:39Est 3:9Zec 11:12-13Gen 23:15-16Gen 37:28Hos 3:2Isa 55:2 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. Jer 32:44Jer 32:12Deu 32:34Isa 44:5Jer 32:25Job 14:172Co 1:22Dan 8:26 Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy— Luk 2:271Co 11:16Act 26:3 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard. Jer 32:16Jer 51:59Jer 36:26Jer 36:4-52Co 8:21Jer 36:16-19Jer 36:32Jer 43:3-6
In their sight I instructed Baruch, “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time. For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.” Amo 9:14-15Zec 3:10Jer 30:18Jer 31:12Jer 31:24Jer 31:5Jer 32:37Jer 32:43-44
Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD: Gen 32:9-12Jer 12:1Php 4:6-72Sa 7:18-25Ezk 36:35-37 “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! Luk 1:37Jer 32:27Gen 18:14Job 42:2Mat 19:26Exo 20:11Gen 1:1-31Jer 27:5
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps 3of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts, Jer 10:16Deu 5:9-10Exo 34:7Deu 7:9-10Exo 20:5-6Isa 10:211Ki 14:9-101Ki 16:1-3 the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. Jer 17:10Mat 16:27Isa 28:29Psa 62:12Jer 16:17Job 34:21Rev 2:23Rev 22:12
You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day. Neh 9:102Sa 7:23Act 7:36Dan 9:15Exo 10:2Exo 9:16Psa 135:91Ch 17:21
You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. Deu 26:8Exo 6:61Ch 17:211Ki 8:42Deu 4:34Exo 13:14Exo 13:9Exo 6:1 You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. Exo 13:5Exo 3:8Jer 11:5Deu 1:8Exo 3:17Psa 105:9-11Deu 1:35Deu 26:9-11
They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. Ezr 9:7Dan 9:10-14Psa 78:54-55Lam 1:18Psa 44:2-3Dan 9:4-6Deu 28:15-68Ezk 20:18 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! Deu 4:26Jer 32:36Jer 33:4Jos 23:15-16Ezk 14:21Ezk 21:22Jer 21:4-7Jer 32:3
Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’” Jer 32:24Jhn 13:7Psa 77:19Psa 97:2Rom 11:33-34
The LORD Answers Jeremiah
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me? Mat 19:26Jer 32:17Isa 64:8Jhn 17:2Psa 65:2Num 27:16Rom 3:29-30Luk 3:6
Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. Jer 32:3Jer 19:7-12Jer 32:24Jer 32:362Ch 36:17Jer 20:5 And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods. Jer 19:13Jer 21:102Ch 36:19Jer 52:13Jer 39:8Jer 44:17-19Jer 44:25Jer 7:18
For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD. Jer 7:22-26Deu 9:7-12Gen 8:21Isa 63:10Jer 2:7Jer 22:21Jer 25:7Jer 3:25
For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence 2Ki 23:271Ki 11:7-82Ki 21:162Ki 21:4-72Ki 24:3-4Jer 27:10Jer 5:9-11Jer 6:6-7 because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. Dan 9:8Isa 1:4-6Jer 2:26Ezr 9:7Isa 1:23Dan 9:6Ezk 22:25-29Ezk 22:6 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, 4 they would not listen or respond to discipline. Jer 7:13Ezk 8:16Jer 2:272Ch 36:15-16Jer 26:5Jer 35:15Jer 7:24Jhn 8:2
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. Jer 7:30Ezk 8:5-162Ki 21:4-7Jer 23:112Ch 33:152Ch 33:4-72Ki 23:6 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Jer 7:312Ch 33:6Lev 18:21Jer 19:5-6Lev 20:2-51Ki 16:192Ch 28:2-32Ki 23:10
A Promise of Restoration
(Ezekiel 11:13–21)
Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Jer 32:24Jer 32:3Jer 32:28Eph 2:3-5Ezk 36:31-32Hos 2:14Isa 43:24-25Isa 57:17-18 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety. Jer 23:3Ezk 34:12-14Jer 23:6Ezk 11:17Jer 33:16Psa 106:47Amo 9:14-15Hos 1:11 They will be My people, and I will be their God. 5 Ezk 11:19-20Jer 24:7Psa 144:15Ezk 37:27Heb 8:10Rev 21:7Deu 26:17-19Ezk 36:28 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. Ezk 11:19-20Act 4:32Jhn 17:21Ezk 37:25Ezk 36:26Jer 32:40Pro 14:26-27Pro 23:17
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me. Jer 31:31-33Ezk 36:26Jer 24:7Heb 6:13-18Jas 1:171Pe 1:5Ezk 39:29Isa 55:3 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. Jer 24:6Zep 3:17Amo 9:15Isa 62:5Hos 2:19-20Isa 65:19Deu 30:9Jer 18:9
For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them. Jer 31:28Jos 23:14-15Jer 33:10-11Mat 24:35Zec 8:14-15 And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’ Ezk 37:11-14Jer 32:15Jer 32:36Jer 33:10 Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, 6 and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, 7 declares the LORD.” Jer 17:26Jer 33:11Jer 33:26Jer 33:7Jer 32:10Jer 32:37Psa 126:1-4