Bible Strands
Jeremiah 32:44
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, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Jeremiah during the Babylonian siege, commanding the recording of a land transaction in territory currently under Chaldean control. The declaration follows Jeremiah’s own purchase of a field in Anathoth as a prophetic sign of future restoration.
The words — יִקְנ֗וּ (yik.Nu) translates literally as "they will buy," and וְ/חָתוֹם֮ (ve./cha.tOm) means "and they will seal," describing the formal execution of property deeds. These terms anchor the verse’s focus on legally binding transactions rather than temporary possession.
The thread — The promise of post-exilic restoration and communal worship appears in Jeremiah 33:7, which pledges the rebuilding of the land after captivity, and Jeremiah 33:11, which describes the return of joy and thank offerings. Jeremiah 17:26 aligns with this pattern by detailing the procession of people bringing offerings from Judah and its surrounding regions.
Why it lands — The text states that normal legal and agricultural life will resume in the land once God restores the exiles. It requires the reader to treat the declaration as a factual guarantee of civic restoration rather than a metaphorical promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 17:26 And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:7 I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:26 then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
- Jeremiah 32:10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
- 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.
- Psalms 126:1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.