Jer 32:24 | KingComments | STEP | When the purchase is done, Jeremiah is overcome by despair and prays to the LORD ( ). He does not report his doubts to people, but does the only right thing. He turns to the Lord GOD, Adonai Yahweh , which is the sovereign Ruler ( Adonai ) and the God of the covenant with His people ( Yahweh ) ( ). He remembers Who the LORD is. He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, which He made by His great power and His outstretched arm. For that great, all-powerful Creator, nothing is too difficult. That Creator proves Himself both in lovingkindness and in repayment of the iniquity to men ( ). Also in these acts He proves to be the “great and mighty God”. This God is “great in counsel and mighty in deed”, precisely in His ways with men to thereby give to each what is due him as a result of his actions ( ). He is not an unmoved spectator of all that men do. Often we think so, but that is because of our limited view. That He is concerned with what happens on earth and especially with His own, He has shown in the signs and wonders He performed in Egypt, at the deliverance of His people from it ( ). He has also shown it in Israel and to all people on earth, as it was visible at that time. With His people He has gone a special way. He has always proven Himself to His people as the God Who has been working for them since He led them out of the land of Egypt ( ). He has brought them into the land which He swore to their fathers to give them, the good land flowing with milk and honey ( ). Briefly Jeremiah summarizes: “They came in and took possession of it” ( ). Immediately he adds how they behaved in it. They have not done what the LORD has said and therefore He has made all this calamity they are now experiencing to come upon them ( ). Jeremiah, with the exclamation “behold, the siege ramps “ directs the LORD’s attention to the current situation ( ). At the same time, he justifies the LORD. What He has said that should happen is happening. After all, the LORD sees it Himself. Then comes his desperate question that always plays in the background of everything he has said before about the LORD and His people. How is it possible, when the situation is so hopeless because of the people’s unfaithfulness, that he had to buy a certain field with witnesses to it ( )? Surely the LORD does see that this purchase seems to be of no use because the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans, doesn’t He?

‏ Jeremiah 32:24

Jeremiah’s Doubts and Prayer

When the purchase is done, Jeremiah is overcome by despair and prays to the LORD (Jer 32:16). He does not report his doubts to people, but does the only right thing. He turns to the Lord GOD, Adonai Yahweh, which is the sovereign Ruler (Adonai) and the God of the covenant with His people (Yahweh) (Jer 32:17). He remembers Who the LORD is. He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, which He made by His great power and His outstretched arm. For that great, all-powerful Creator, nothing is too difficult. That Creator proves Himself both in lovingkindness and in repayment of the iniquity to men (Jer 32:18). Also in these acts He proves to be the “great and mighty God”.

This God is “great in counsel and mighty in deed”, precisely in His ways with men to thereby give to each what is due him as a result of his actions (Jer 32:19). He is not an unmoved spectator of all that men do. Often we think so, but that is because of our limited view. That He is concerned with what happens on earth and especially with His own, He has shown in the signs and wonders He performed in Egypt, at the deliverance of His people from it (Jer 32:20). He has also shown it in Israel and to all people on earth, as it was visible at that time.

With His people He has gone a special way. He has always proven Himself to His people as the God Who has been working for them since He led them out of the land of Egypt (Jer 32:21). He has brought them into the land which He swore to their fathers to give them, the good land flowing with milk and honey (Jer 32:22). Briefly Jeremiah summarizes: “They came in and took possession of it” (Jer 32:23). Immediately he adds how they behaved in it. They have not done what the LORD has said and therefore He has made all this calamity they are now experiencing to come upon them (Neh 9:22-35).

Jeremiah, with the exclamation “behold, the siege ramps “ directs the LORD’s attention to the current situation (Jer 32:24). At the same time, he justifies the LORD. What He has said that should happen is happening. After all, the LORD sees it Himself.

Then comes his desperate question that always plays in the background of everything he has said before about the LORD and His people. How is it possible, when the situation is so hopeless because of the people’s unfaithfulness, that he had to buy a certain field with witnesses to it (Jer 32:25)? Surely the LORD does see that this purchase seems to be of no use because the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans, doesn’t He?