Possessed - bought.

Houses and fields and vineyards ... — It is a natural, though, of course, not a certain inference, that the land which Je…

And I charged Baruch before them, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase,…

The whole of this passage ought to be read together, for the Prophet explains in detail how and by what symbol this prophecy had been confirmed. No…

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel
Who is the Lord God Almighty, and can do what he pleases; and is …

Jeremiah, while in prison for his prophecy, purchased a piece of ground. This was to signify that although Jerusalem was besieged and the whole cou…

Here is the interpretation of the purchase.