Jeremiah 32:1-44

32:6-15 | Jeremiah performed another sign act – redeeming family property belonging to his uncle Shallum (Lev. 25:25-32) – to confirm that the Lord would bring His people back to the Promised Land when the exile was over. The purchase made no sense in light of the imminent Babylonian conquest of the land unless the Lord would fulfill His promise that the Houses and fields and vineyard shall be possessed again in this land.

32:10-14 | The careful recording of two copies of the purchase deed and their storage in a jar would not only attest to Jeremiah’s ownership of the land but would also provide later confirmation of his prophecy (36:4).

32:16-25 | What the Lord had asked Jeremiah to do seemed irrational, and so the prophet prayed for understanding and strengthened his faith by recalling that “There is nothing too hard” for the Lord and rehearsing the great things God had done for Israel (2 Kgs. 19:15; Ps. 102:25; Isa. 40:26-29). Believers can build faith in the present by recalling the past faithfulness of the Lord.