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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then after I had given the papers to Baruch, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“After giving the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I prayed: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"After I had given the copies to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD. I prayed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch, I prayed, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"After I had given the deed of purchase to Neriah's son Baruch, I prayed to the LORD: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I pray to YHWH after my giving the purchase scroll to Baruch son of Neriah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I pray unto Jehovah -- after my giving the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah -- saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall pray to Jehovah, after my giving the writing of the purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And after I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And after I had delivered the deed of possession to Baruch, the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now after I had given the deeds of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I prayed before LORD JEHOVAH after I gave the deed of purchase to Baruk, son of Neriah, and I prayed in front of LORD JEHOVAH, and I said<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I prayed to the Lord after I had given the book of the purchase to Baruch the son of Nerias, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9835" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Jeremiah's Prayer</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ṯit·tî (V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I had given</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: sê·p̄er (N-msc) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">the deed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4736.htm" title="4736: ham·miq·nāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A purchase. Feminine of miqneh; properly, a buying, i.e. Acquisition; concretely, a piece of property; also the sum paid.">of purchase</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1263.htm" title="1263: bā·rūḵ (N-proper-ms) -- Blessed, three Isr. Passive participle from barak; blessed; Baruk, the name of three Israelites.">Baruch</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/5374.htm" title="5374: nê·rî·yāh (N-proper-ms) -- Lamp of Yah, father of Baruch. Or Neriyahuw; from niyr and Yahh; light of Jah; Nerijah, an Israelite.">of Neriah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6419.htm" title="6419: wā·’eṯ·pal·lêl (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To intervene, interpose. A primitive root; to judge; by extension, to intercede, pray.">I prayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD:</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Nehemiah 1:4-11</a></span><br />When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. / Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, / let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3-19</a></span><br />So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. / And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22-53</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, / and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. / You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12-42</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. / Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, / and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/5-1.htm">Psalm 5:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning. / Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray. / In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/55-16.htm">Psalm 55:16-17</a></span><br />But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. / Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-6.htm">Psalm 86:6-7</a></span><br />Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy. / In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/116-1.htm">Psalm 116:1-2</a></span><br />I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy. / Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Isaiah 37:14-20</a></span><br />So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. / And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: / “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-2.htm">Isaiah 38:2-3</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, / saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/2-1.htm">Jonah 2:1-9</a></span><br />From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, / saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. / For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-6.htm">Matthew 6:6</a></span><br />But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-11</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. / Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-1.htm">Luke 11:1-13</a></span><br />One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” / So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. / Give us each day our daily bread. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-1.htm">Luke 18:1-8</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: / “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. / And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,</p><p class="hdg">I Prayed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a></b></br> Righteous <i>art</i> thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of <i>thy</i> judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? <i>wherefore</i> are all they happy that deal very treacherously?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/32-9.htm">Genesis 32:9-12</a></b></br> And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-18.htm">2 Samuel 7:18-25</a></b></br> Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who <i>am</i> I, O Lord GOD? and what <i>is</i> my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-13.htm">Baruch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Evidence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Neriah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Neri'ah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-3.htm">Nerijah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Paper</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Writing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/36-4.htm">Baruch</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-64.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/daniel/6-4.htm">Evidence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-4.htm">Neriah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-4.htm">Neri'ah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-4.htm">Nerijah</a> <a href="/2_john/1-12.htm">Paper</a> <a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-7.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/matthew/25-10.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-4.htm">Writing</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-1.htm">Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">buys Hanameel's field.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-13.htm">Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-26.htm">God confirms the captivity for their sins;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">and promises a gracious return.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah,</b><br>This phrase refers to a specific event where Jeremiah, the prophet, buys a field in Anathoth during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. This act is symbolic, demonstrating hope and faith in God's promise of restoration despite the impending destruction. Baruch, the son of Neriah, is Jeremiah's scribe and trusted companion, playing a crucial role in documenting Jeremiah's prophecies. The act of giving the deed signifies a legal transaction, emphasizing the importance of land ownership in Israelite culture and the belief in God's future restoration of the land to His people.<p><b>I prayed to the LORD:</b><br>Jeremiah's response to the situation is to turn to God in prayer, highlighting the importance of seeking divine guidance and understanding. This prayer is a model of faith and submission, acknowledging God's sovereignty and power. It reflects a deep relationship with God, where Jeremiah seeks wisdom and reassurance. This act of prayer connects to other biblical instances where prayer is a response to uncertainty or crisis, such as Daniel's prayers during the exile or Jesus' prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane. It underscores the theme of reliance on God amidst trials and the belief in His ultimate plan for redemption and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. Known for his perseverance and faithfulness amidst persecution and hardship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/baruch_son_of_neriah.htm">Baruch son of Neriah</a></b><br>Jeremiah's scribe and faithful companion. He played a crucial role in documenting Jeremiah's prophecies and actions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deed_of_purchase.htm">The Deed of Purchase</a></b><br>A symbolic act commanded by God, where Jeremiah buys a field in Anathoth during the Babylonian siege, symbolizing hope and future restoration for Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_to_the_lord.htm">Prayer to the LORD</a></b><br>Jeremiah's response to the situation, demonstrating his reliance on God and his role as an intercessor for the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/anathoth.htm">Anathoth</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Benjamin, significant as Jeremiah's hometown and the location of the field he purchased.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Jeremiah's purchase of the field is a powerful demonstration of faith. Even when circumstances seem bleak, we are called to trust in God's promises and act accordingly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Jeremiah's immediate response to pray after completing the transaction highlights the importance of seeking God's guidance and strength in all situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_despair.htm">Hope Amidst Despair</a></b><br>The context of Jeremiah's actions teaches us that God often calls us to act in hope, even when the present seems hopeless. Our actions can be a testimony to others of God's faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Jeremiah's obedience in purchasing the field, despite the apparent futility, reminds us of the importance of following God's instructions, trusting in His greater plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_plans.htm">God's Sovereignty and Plans</a></b><br>This passage reassures us of God's control over history and His plans for restoration and redemption, encouraging us to trust in His timing and purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'led_captivity_captive'_mean.htm">What does 'God of All Flesh' signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jesus_inherit_david's_throne.htm">Would Jesus inherit David's throne? Yes, per Luke 1:32. No, as a descendant of cursed Jehoiakim (Matthew 1:11, 1 Chronicles 3:16, Jeremiah 36:30).</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_baruch's_fate_historically_documented.htm">Jeremiah 45:5 promises Baruch personal safety; is there any historical documentation that confirms or disputes Baruch's eventual fate and well-being?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_trust_baruch's_account_in_jer._45_1.htm">In Jeremiah 45:1, how can we trust Baruch's firsthand account if there is little external evidence confirming his role or even his existence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">I prayed unto the Lord.</span>--The prophet, it is obvious, records his own prayer. Nowhere, perhaps--the prayer of Ezra (<a href="/context/ezra/9-5.htm" title="And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,">Ezra 9:5-15</a>), of Hezekiah (<a href="/context/isaiah/37-16.htm" title="O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwell between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: you have made heaven and earth.">Isaiah 37:16-20</a>), of Daniel (<a href="/context/daniel/9-4.htm" title="And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;">Daniel 9:4-19</a>), being the nearest parallels--do the writings of the Old Testament present us with so striking an example of the manner in which a devout Israelite poured out his heart to God, dwelling on the greatness of His attributes--praying for himself, interceding for his people.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 16-25.</span> - Jeremiah obeys the Divine command, but is so besieged by misgivings that he applies for a further revelation of God's purposes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I had given</span><br /><span class="heb">תִתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯit·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the deed</span><br /><span class="heb">סֵ֣פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(sê·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A missive, document, writing, book</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of purchase</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּקְנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miq·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4736.htm">Strong's 4736: </a> </span><span class="str2">A buying, acquisition, a piece of property, the sum paid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Baruch</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּר֥וּךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·rūḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1263.htm">Strong's 1263: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baruch -- 'blessed', three Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Neriah,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֵרִיָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(nê·rî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5374.htm">Strong's 5374: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neriah -- 'lamp of Yah', father of Baruch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I prayed</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶתְפַּלֵּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eṯ·pal·lêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6419.htm">Strong's 6419: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, to intercede, pray</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD:</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah 32:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/32-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 32:16 Now after I had delivered the deed (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/32-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>