Jeremiah 32 · Verse 1

Jeremiah 32:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
Jeremiah 32:1, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:1 in other translations

BSBThis is 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.
WEBThis is 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.
ASVThe word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
YLTThe word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah--it is the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar,
DARBYThe word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah: that year was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
BBEThe word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
WebsterThe word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

What does Jeremiah 32:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jr 32:1-14. Jeremiah, Imprisoned for His Prophecy against Jerusalem, Buys a Patrimonial Property (His Relative Hanameel's), IN Order to Certify to the Jews Their Future Return from Babylon.

1. tenth year--The siege of Jerusalem had already begun, in the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah (Jr 39:1; 2Ki 25:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Jeremiah, now confined for his faithful admonitions, foretells the fate of the king and city, Jer 32:1-5. According to the direction of God, he buys of his cousin Hanameel a field in Anathoth; the contract, or deed of sale, being subscribed, sealed, and witnessed, and delivered to Baruch, together with a duplicate not sealed, who is commanded to put them into an earthen vessel that they may remain there for many days, Jer 32:6-14. This transaction of the prophet, which is entered and subscribed in the public register, God constitutes a sign or pledge of the Jews' return from the Babylonish captivity, and of their again possessing houses, fields, and vineyards, in their own land, and by their own right, according to their tribes and families, Jer 32:15. Jeremiah's prayer, in which he recounts God's marvellous acts towards the children of Israel, and deeply deplores the lamentable state of the country, and the numerous provocations which have led to it, Jer 32:16-25. After which God is introduced declaring his purpose of giving up his people into the hands of their enemies, Jer 32:26-35; promising, however, to restore them in due time to their ancient possessions, and to make with them an everlasting covenant, Jer 32:36-44. Verse 1 The word that came - This prophecy bears its own date: it was delivered in the tenth year of Zedekiah, which answered to the eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar. It appears from 2Kgs 25:8, that the eleventh year of Zedekiah was the nineteenth of Nebuchadnezzar; and consequently, that the eighteenth of that monarch must have been the tenth of the Jewish king.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-15
Jeremiah buys a field. (Jr 32:1-15) The prophet's prayer. (Jr 32:16-25) God declares that he will give up his people, but promises to restore them. (Jr 32:26-44) Verses 1-15 Jeremiah, being in prison for his prophecy, purchased a piece of ground. This was to signify, that though Jerusalem was besieged, and the whole country likely to be laid waste, yet the time would come, when houses, and fields, and vineyards, should be again possessed. It concerns ministers to make it appear that they believe what they preach to others. And it is good to manage even our worldly affairs in faith; to do common business with reference to the providence and promise of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 32:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַדָּבָ֞רha.da.Varthe wordH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
הָיָ֤הha.Yahit cameH1961
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414
מֵאֵ֣תme.'Etfrom withH854
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בַּשָּׁנָה֙bish.natin the yearH8141
הָעֲשִׂרִ֔יתha.'a.si.Rit<the> tenthH6224
לְצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּle.tzid.ki.Ya.huof ZedekiahH6667
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
הִ֧יאhi'thatH1931
הַשָּׁנָ֛הha.sha.Nah[was] the yearH8141
שְׁמֹנֶֽה\־she.mo.neh-eight-H8083
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָ֖הsha.NahyearH8141
לִנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּֽר\׃lin.Vu.khad.re.Tzarof NebuchadnezzarH5019

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Cross references for Jeremiah 32:1

  • Jeremiah 39:1-2

    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

  • 2 Kings 25:1-2

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

  • Jeremiah 25:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 52:4-5

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:11

    Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,
6 buys Hanameel's field.
13 Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.
16 Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.
26 God confirms the captivity for their sins;
36 and promises a gracious return.

A.M. 3415. B.C. 589. in the.
39:1,2; 52:4,5; 2Ki 25:1,2; 2Ch 36:11
the eighteenth.
25:1

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Context

  • Jeremiah 32:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

  • Jeremiah 32:2

    For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.

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Jeremiah 32:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
PALABRA que fué á Jeremías, de Jehová el año décimo de Sedechîas rey de Judá, que fué el año décimo octavo de Nabucodonosor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
*La parole qui vint à Jérémie de par l’ Éternel, en la dixième année de Sédécias, roi de Juda (ce fut la dix -huitième année de Nebucadretsar).
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Wort, welches von seiten Jehovas zu Jeremia geschah im zehnten Jahre Zedekias, des Königs von Juda; dieses Jahr war das achtzehnte Jahr Nebukadnezars.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino, in anno decimo Sedeciæ regis Juda, ipse est annus decimusoctavus Nabuchodonosor.