Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
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Interpretation
God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 32:41-44.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Benjamin Person
- Son of my right hand. (1. ) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel ( Gen. 35:18 ). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place.
- Negeb Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.
- Shephelah Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Shephelah.