Chapter 3232:9 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.
bought
(1) A sign of Jeremiah's faith in his own predictions of the restoration of Judah Jeremiah 32:15 for the field was then occupied by the Babylonian army; and
(2) a sign to Judah of that coming restoration.
32:24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
mounts
Or, engines of shot.
32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9") .