Bible Strands
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.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to the prophet and the besieged remnant in Jerusalem, following a prophetic land purchase that illustrates future restoration.
The words — The Hebrew נִקְנָה (nik.Nah) translates literally to "it will be bought," standing in direct contrast to שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.Mah), "desolation," which describes the people's current perception of the land.
The thread — The promise repeats Jeremiah 32:15's assurance that property transactions will resume, while directly countering the despair articulated in Ezekiel 37:11 and the siege warnings of Jeremiah 32:36.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept a future commercial and agricultural reality that contradicts present devastation, demanding reliance on divine declaration over observable conditions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Cross-references
- 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.”
- Ezekiel 37:11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Jeremiah 32:36 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:
- Jeremiah 33:10 This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again