32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thy uncle shall come to thee, saying, {c} Buy for thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine {d} to buy [it].
(c) By which was meant that the people would return again out of captivity and enjoy their possessions and vineyards as in Jer 32:15,44.
(d) Because he was next of the kindred, as in Ru 4:4.
32:1-15 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.
