Jeremiah 32:7
Your cousin Hanamel, son of Shallum, is coming to tell you, ‘Why don't you buy my field in Anathoth because you have the right to redeem it and buy it?’
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6Jeremiah answered, “The Lord gave me a message, saying:
Cross References
Leviticus 25:23Land must not be permanently sold, because it really belongs to me. To me you are only foreigners and travelers passing through.
Leviticus 25:25If one of your people becomes poor and sells you some of their land, their close family can come and buy back what they have sold.
Leviticus 25:49an uncle or cousin or any close relative from their family can buy them back. If they become successful, they can buy themselves back.
Joshua 21:18Anathoth, and Almon.
1 Kings 14:5But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, because he's ill. This is what you are to tell her, because she'll come in disguise.”
Jeremiah 11:21So this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth who are trying to kill you, telling you, “Don't prophesy in the name of the Lord, or we'll kill you.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:2-16
Judgments Predicted; Jeremiah Imprisoned. ( b. c. 589.) 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. 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. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will give this city into the hand… Read the whole commentary →