Albert Barnes Commentary Jeremiah 32
Albert Barnes Commentary
Jeremiah 32
Albert Barnes Commentary
Jeremiah 32
"The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar." — Jeremiah 32:1 (ASV)
The siege of Jerusalem began in Zedekiah’s ninth year (Jeremiah 39:1), but was temporarily raised upon the approach of an Egyptian army. See Jeremiah 37:0;Jeremiah 38:0.
"Now at that time the king of Babylon`s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah`s house." — Jeremiah 32:2 (ASV)
The prison — Or, the guard, a part of the king’s palace, probably where the royal guard had its quarters.
"For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;" — Jeremiah 32:3 (ASV)
For the prophecies on which the charge was grounded see Jeremiah 21:4-7, Jeremiah 21:9.
"and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?" — Jeremiah 32:5 (ASV)
I visit - In the sense of punishment. See Jeremiah 39:6-7; Jeremiah 52:11.
"Behold, Hanamel 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." — Jeremiah 32:7 (ASV)
Hanameel was strictly the first-cousin of Jeremiah. In Hebrew, all the terms of relationship are used in a more loose way than with us.
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