Jeremiah 32:8

6 Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

7 Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

9 So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
KJV
So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
WEB
“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the LORD’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’ “Then I knew that this was the LORD’s word.
ASV
So Hanamel mine uncle`s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
DARBY
And Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine: buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
BLB
And Hanamel son of my uncle came to me, according to the word of YHWH, in the court of the guard, and he said to me: ‘Buy now my field that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin. For unto you [is] the right of inheritance, and unto you the redemption; buy [it] for yourself.’” And I knew that it [was] the word of YHWH.
ÅB
Og Hanamel, min farbrors sønn, kom til meg i vaktgården etter Herrens ord og sa: Kjøp min mark i Anatot, i Benjamins land! For du har odelsretten, og du har plikten til å løse den inn. Kjøp den! Da forsto jeg at det var Herrens ord.
OTB
Da kom min fetter Hanamel til meg i vaktgården, akkurat som Herren hadde sagt, og sa: ‘Vær så snill å kjøp min åker i Anatot i Benjamins område. Siden det er din rett å innløse den og eie den, kjøp den for deg selv.’ Da visste jeg at dette var Herrens ord.
B1930
Og Hanamel, min farbrors sønn, kom til mig i vaktgården efter Herrens ord og sa: Kjøp min mark i Anatot, i Benjamins land! For du har odelsretten, og du har plikten til å løse den inn. Kjøp den! Da forstod jeg at det var Herrens ord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 32:7

    Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

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  • Jeremiah 32:2

    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.

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  • 1 Samuel 9:16–17

    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

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  • 1 Samuel 10:3–7

    Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

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  • 1 Kings 22:25

    Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

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  • Jeremiah 33:1

    While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:60

    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

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  • 1 Kings 2:26

    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

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