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Scripture Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-7 Jeremiah said, “God’s Message came to me like this: Prepare yourself! Hanamel, your uncle Shallum’s son, is on his way to see you. He is going to say, ‘Buy my field in Anathoth. You have the legal right to buy it.’
8 “And sure enough, just as God had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me while I was in jail and said, ‘Buy my field in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin, for you have the legal right to keep it in the family. Buy it. Take it over.’ “That did it. I knew it was God’s Message.
9-12 “So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I paid him seventeen silver shekels. I followed all the proper procedures: In the presence of witnesses I wrote out the bill of sale, sealed it, and weighed out the money on the scales. Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy that contained the contract and its conditions and also the open copy—and gave them to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah. All this took place in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who had signed the deed, as the Jews who were at the jail that day looked on.
13-15 “Then, in front of all of them, I told Baruch, ‘These are orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: Take these documents—both the sealed and the open deeds—and put them for safekeeping in a pottery jar. For God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Life is going to return to normal. Homes and fields and vineyards are again going to be bought in this country.”’
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for Scripture Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
Verse 9
[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.
The money — The price of land was strangely fallen at this time, when the enemy was besieging the chief city of the country.
Verse 11
[11] So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
I took — It is probable, that upon such sales among the Jews, two instruments were made, the one sealed up, to be kept by the purchaser, the other open, to be shewed to the judges, and by them ratified.
Verse 12
[12] And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
Baruch — This Baruch (chap. 46:4,26,) was a scribe, and an attendant upon Jeremiah.
Witnesses — He made this purchase with all the usual formalities; he signed and sealed it before witnesses, and delivered it to Baruch to keep, in the presence of all the Jews.
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Daily Devotional
Monday, April 25, 2016
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- Jeremiah buys this land at “Ground Zero” of the Babylonian invasion.
- Why?
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- Jeremiah’s investment looks reckless on the surface.
- What does it point towards?
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- How can we use our finances in a more hopeful way?
Sermon theme: "Investments That Matter"
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- Why does Jeremiah order the deeds placed in a jar?
- How can we do likewise?
Friday, April 29, 2016
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- Have you ever done something like Jeremiah?
- What happened?
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- Is hope more of an attitude or action?
- Why?
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Text to read: Jeremiah 32:6-15
- Pray for those who have seemingly lost hope.
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