Jeremiah 32:16-25

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to f Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17 'Ah, Lord God! It is g you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by h your outstretched arm! i Nothing is too hard for you. 18 j You show steadfast love to thousands, j but you repay the guilt of fathers k to their children after them, O great and l mighty God, whose name is the m Lord of hosts, 19 n great in counsel and o mighty in deed, p whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, q rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. 20 You have shown r signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, s and have made a name for yourself, as at this day. 21 t You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and u outstretched arm, t and with great terror. 22 And you gave them this land, v which you swore to their fathers to give them, v a land flowing with milk and honey. 23 And they entered and took possession of it. w But they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them. 24 Behold, x the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and y because of sword and famine and pestilence z the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it. 25 Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, a "Buy the field for money b and get witnesses" - though z the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.'"

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:12
    And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:16
    O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:5
    I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:27
    Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?
    Genesis 18:14
    Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 20:6
    But showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
    Exodus 34:7
    Keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.
    Deuteronomy 5:9 - 10
    You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 20:6
    But showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
    Exodus 34:7
    Keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.
    Deuteronomy 5:9 - 10
    You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 79:12
    Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
    Isaiah 65:6 - 7
    Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their bosom
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:6
    For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:16
    Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:29
    This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 66:3
    Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
    Psalms 66:5
    Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:17
    For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:10
    "I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 135:9
    Who in your midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants.
  15. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:23
    And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
    Nehemiah 9:10
    And performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 6:6
    Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
    Deuteronomy 4:34
    Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
    1 Chronicles 17:21
    And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 6:6
    Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
    Deuteronomy 4:34
    Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
    1 Chronicles 17:21
    And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:5
    I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 26:15
    Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 26:15
    Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  21. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:26 - 27
    Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.
    Jeremiah 11:8
    Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.
    Daniel 9:10 - 14
    And have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:4
    For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword:
    Jeremiah 6:6
    For thus says the Lord of hosts: "Cut down her trees; cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem. This is the city that must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:36
    Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence':
    Jeremiah 14:12
    Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:3
    For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord : Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:7
    Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:10
    I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:24
    Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.