Bible Strands
Jeremiah 32:7
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.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God issues a prophetic directive to Jeremiah, which is immediately fulfilled when Hanamel, the son of Jeremiah’s uncle Shallum, arrives at the guard courtyard to deliver a land transaction request.
The words — הִנֵּ֣ה (hi.Neh) functions as “behold” or “here,” signaling a divine announcement, while דֹּֽדְ/ךָ֔ (do.de./kha) specifies “your uncle,” establishing the kinship tie required for the legal procedure.
The thread — The transaction operates under the redemption law of Leviticus 25:25, and the location Anathoth ties back to Jeremiah’s priestly heritage in Jeremiah 1:1 and the lethal opposition he faced there in Jeremiah 11:21.
Why it lands — The text commands Jeremiah to purchase the field despite the surrounding siege, requiring him to perform a legally binding act that contradicts the visible political collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 1:1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Leviticus 25:25 If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
- Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
- Leviticus 25:23 The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- Leviticus 25:34 But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
- Leviticus 25:49 either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
- Numbers 35:2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- Ruth 4:3 And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
- 1 Kings 14:5 But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
- Mark 11:2 and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.