.32:16-44.

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God reassures Jeremiah (Jer 32:16-44)

After buying the field, Jeremiah began to have doubts. It seemed to him almost too much to expect that God could allow such a worthless people ever to return to their land. He therefore prayed to God (Jer 32:16), seeking to reassure himself that nothing is too hard for a God who is so loving and powerful (Jer 32:17-19).

He reminds God of his steadfast faithfulness and miraculous power, which had saved his people in the past (Jer 32:20-22).

But the people have been disobedient and have now brought this justly deserved punishment upon themselves (Jer 32:23).

With the enemy siege machines battering the city walls, Jeremiah fears that Jerusalem’s end has come. He wonders whether, in buying the field, he has correctly understood God’s will (Jer 32:24-25).

God replies that nothing is too hard for him. Certainly he will destroy Jerusalem (Jer 32:26-29), for this is a judgment on the nation because of its idolatry (Jer 32:30-31).

Kings, administrators, priests, prophets and common people alike have turned from God and followed pagan religions (Jer 32:32-35).

However, after God has disciplined his people in foreign lands, he will bring them back to their land (Jer 32:36-37).

He will do a work within them so that they will know him in a more spiritual relationship than they have previously experienced. They will have a renewed devotion to God and a fresh experience of God’s blessing (Jer 32:38-41).

Jeremiah need have no doubts about the wisdom of buying the piece of land from his relative. The day will certainly come when this piece of land will be returned to Jeremiah’s family. In fact, throughout the country people will buy and sell land as they did before (Jer 32:42-44).