And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
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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.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 32:6-10.
Glossary
- Anathoth Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ras el Kharruba.