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Jeremiah 32:25

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!’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah addresses God directly during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, recounting a divine command immediately after observing the city’s impending capture and just before receiving God’s response.

The words — קְנֵה (ke.neh) means “buy,” and הַשָּׂדֶה (ha.sa.deh) means “the field.”

The thread — The command to purchase land appears in the surrounding narrative of Jeremiah 32:6–15, while the immediate context of siege and divine speech runs through Jeremiah 32:24 and Jeremiah 32:26.

Why it lands — It demands obedience to a specific divine instruction despite overwhelming visible evidence to the contrary, requiring the reader to act on the spoken word rather than the present circumstance.

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The Hebrew words

וְאַתָּ֞הve./'a.Tahand/ youאָמַ֤רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou have saidאֵלַי֙'e.La/ito/ meאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO Lordיְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehקְנֵֽה־ke.neh-buyלְךָ֧le./Khafor <the>/ yourselfהַשָּׂדֶ֛הha./sa.Dehthe/ fieldבַּכֶּ֖סֶףba./Ke.sefwith <the>/ silverוְהָעֵ֣דve./ha.'Edand/ cause to witness [it]עֵדִ֑ים'e.Dimwitnessesוְהָעִ֥ירve./ha./'Irand/ the/ cityנִתְּנָ֖הni.te.Nahit has been givenבְּיַ֥דbe./Yadin/ [the] hand ofהַכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ha./kas.Dimthe/ Chaldeans

King James Version

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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