September 10, 2026, Jeremiah 32:1-15
September 10, 2026, Jeremiah 32:1-15
32 The word that came to
Jeremiah from the Lord in the
tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar. 2 At that time the army of the king of
Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the
court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. 3 For
Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and
say, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold,
I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall
capture it; 4 Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of
the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king
of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. 5
And he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain
until I visit him, declares the Lord.
Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed’?”
6 Jeremiah said, “The word
of the Lord came to me: 7 Behold,
Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, ‘Buy my field
that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’ 8
Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the court of the guard, in
accordance with the word of the Lord,
and said to me, ‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for
the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I
knew that this was the word of the Lord.
9 “And I bought the field at
Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen
shekels of silver. 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, got
witnesses, and weighed the money on scales. 11 Then I took
the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open
copy. 12 And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of
Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence
of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all
the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. 13 I
charged Baruch in their presence, saying, 14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take
these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them
in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. 15 For
thus says the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this
land.’
Jeremiah 32:1-15
recounts a remarkable act of prophetic obedience. While imprisoned during the height of the
Babylonian siege, Hermiah is commanded by God to buy a piece of family land,
serving a powerful, living guarantee that will one day restore the nation.
● King Zedekiah locked
Jeremiah up because he hated hearing the truth (Verse 3-5). When standing up for biblical ethics, truth
or justice makes people in authority uncomfortable, do you tend to shrink back
, or do you confidently rely on God’s protection?
●
Jeremiah was stuck in
prison, facing an impending national collapse, yet he still paused to obey a
highly specific, religious command from God in Verse 9. How do you maintain your daily spiritual
disciplines and obedience to God when you are going through personal trials or
stressful crises?
Robin Adams
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