Jer 32:25 | TNotes | STEP | 32:25 Jeremiah was still puzzled about the Lord’s command to buy the field (32:8 ). That field would be under the control of the Babylonian army, and the purchase price drew on Jeremiah’s good money , his savings. Because the Lord had decreed that the city would be destroyed, the purchase appeared futile from a human perspective.

‏ Jeremiah 32:25

32:25 ^a Jeremiah was still puzzled about the Lord’s command to buy the field (32:8 ^b). That field would be under the control of the Babylonian army, and the purchase price drew on Jeremiah’s good money, his savings. Because the Lord had decreed that the city would be destroyed, the purchase appeared futile from a human perspective.