Jer 32:43 | KingComments | STEP | The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person ( ). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so. Then comes the word of comfort, the promise ( ). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God ( ). Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him ( ). They will have a new heart ( ), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people. The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them ( ). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good ( ). He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land. It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house. The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word ( ). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain. When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith ( ). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose. All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property ( ). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

‏ Jeremiah 32:43

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jer 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jer 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jer 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jer 32:39). They will have a new heart (Eze 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jer 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jer 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jer 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jer 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jer 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.