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Jeremiah 32:15
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, speaks through Jeremiah to the prophet immediately after commanding him to store the sealed and open copies of a land deed in a clay jar for long-term preservation.
The words — עֹד (od) translates to "again," signaling a future reversal of the current desolation. כֹּה (khoh) means "thus" or "in this manner," formally introducing the divine declaration that follows.
The thread — The promise of restored property transactions appears in Amos 9:14 regarding rebuilt cities and planted vineyards, Zechariah 3:10 with neighbors sitting under their own vines and fig trees, and Jeremiah 30:18 concerning the restoration of Jacob’s tents and dwellings.
Why it lands — The text states that commercial activity will resume in Judah despite the present siege, requiring the reader to accept God’s word as the basis for action rather than relying on visible circumstances.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
Cross-references
- Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Zechariah 3:10 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- Jeremiah 30:18 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 31:5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
- Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Jeremiah 31:24 And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
- Jeremiah 32:37 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.
- Jeremiah 32:43 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.’
- Jeremiah 33:12 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.