New English Translation
Jeremiah 32:7
7‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, “Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled as my closest relative to buy it.”’
Jeremiah 32:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’
Context of Jeremiah 32:7
5Zedekiah will be carried off to Babylon and will remain there until I have fully dealt with him. I, the Lord, affirm it! Even if you continue to fight against the Babylonians, you cannot win.’” 6So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me, ‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, “Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled as my closest relative to buy it.”’ 8Now it happened just as the Lord had said! My cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guardhouse. He said to me, ‘Buy my field which is at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. Buy it for yourself since you are entitled as my closest relative to take possession of it for yourself.’ When this happened, I recognized that the Lord had indeed spoken to me. 9So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out seven ounces of silver and gave it to him to pay for it.
Read all of Jeremiah 32Jeremiah 32:7 word by word
הִנֵּ֣ה חֲנַמְאֵ֗ל בֶּן־שַׁלֻּם֙ דֹּֽדְךָ֔ בָּ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ לֵאמֹ֑ר קְנֵ֣ה לְךָ֗ אֶת־שָׂדִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּעֲנָת֔וֹת כִּ֥י לְךָ֛ מִשְׁפַּ֥ט הַגְּאֻלָּ֖ה לִקְנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Behold, Hanameelחֲנַמְאֵלchănam'êl · HanamelH2601
- the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Shallumשַׁלּוּםshallûm shallûm · ShallumH7967
- thine uncleדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: male relativeH1730
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- unto thee, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Buyקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
- thee my fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- in Anathothעֲנָתוֹת‛ănâthôth · AnathothH6068
- for the rightמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
- of redemptionגְּאֻלָּהge'ûllâh · redemptionH1353
Cross-references for Jeremiah 32:7
- 1 Kings 14:5But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”
- Mark 11:2and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
- Mark 14:13He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
- Jeremiah 1:1The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 11:21Then the Lord told me about some men from Anathoth who were threatening to kill me. They had threatened, “Stop prophesying in the name of the Lord or we will kill you!”
- Joshua 21:18Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.
- Leviticus 25:23The land must not be sold without reclaim because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me.
- Numbers 35:2“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.
- Ruth 4:4So I am legally informing you: Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people! If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. But if not, then tell me so I will know. For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you.” He replied, “I will redeem it.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 32:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The right of redemption is thine - The law had established that the estates of a family should never be alienated. If, therefore, a man through poverty was obliged to sell his patrimony, the nearest relative had a right to purchase it before all others, and even to redeem it, if it had been sold to another. This is what is called the right of goel, or kinsman, Leviticus 25:25. And in the year of jubilee the whole reverted to its ancient master Leviticus…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Hanameel was strictly the first-cousin of Jeremiah. In Hebrew all the terms of relationship are used in a more loose way than with us.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Anathoth was the hometown of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1). According to Hebrew law, Jeremiah's cousin had to offer the land first to his closest relative (see Leviticus 25:25, 32; Ruth 4:1–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. son of Shallum thine uncle--therefore, Jeremiah's first cousin. field ... in Anathoth--a sacerdotal city: and so having one thousand cubits of suburban fields outside the wall attached to it (Nu 35:4, 5). The prohibition to sell these suburban fields (Le 25:34) applied merely to their alienating them from Levites to another tribe; so that this chapter does not contravene that prohibition. Besides, what is here meant is only the purchase of the use of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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