So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
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Interpretation
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.