Jer 32:26-41 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 32:26-41: 32:26-41 The Lord responded to Jeremiah’s concern (32:25 ) with several affirmations. The Lord had decided on his course of action, the events of the immediate and long-range future had been established, and real doom was hanging over Jerusalem. Summary for Jer 32:26-27: 32:26-27 The Lord affirmed that he is the sovereign God of all the peoples of the world . • Using a rhetorical question, the Lord also affirmed that nothing is too hard for him.

Summary for Jer 32:26-41: 32:26-41 ^a The Lord responded to Jeremiah’s concern (32:25 ^b) with several affirmations. The Lord had decided on his course of action, the events of the immediate and long-range future had been established, and real doom was hanging over Jerusalem.
Summary for Jer 32:26-27: 32:26-27 ^c The Lord affirmed that he is the sovereign God of all the peoples of the world.

• Using a rhetorical question, the Lord also affirmed that nothing is too hard for him.
Summary for Jer 32:28-29: 32:28-29 ^d The Lord affirmed that the army of Nebuchadnezzar would soon crash through the walls, Jerusalem would be captured, and fire would consume everything that could burn.

• Baal worship was both a family affair and a national commitment (see 7:17-18 ^e). All the places used for idol worship, including individual houses, would be destroyed.
Summary for Jer 32:30-35: 32:30-35 ^f The Lord continued to affirm his plans, recounting that Israel and Judah had done evil, had turned their backs on the Lord, and had stirred up his anger against their sin. 32:30 ^g The people of Israel (the northern tribes) and Judah (the southern tribes) had worshiped idols for centuries, since their earliest days, contrary to God’s ancient covenant with them. The Lord was infuriated by these evil deeds.
32:31 ^h The time this city was built refers to the reigns of David and Solomon, when Jerusalem became the capital city of Israel. During the history of the northern kingdom of Israel, every king promoted worship of false gods. In the kingdom of Judah, only a few kings encouraged worship of the Lord, usually without lasting success (e.g., 2 Chr 14:3 ⁱ; 17:6 ^j; 29:5 ^k; 33:15-16 ^l; 34:3 ^m, 31-32 ⁿ). The northern kingdom had already been destroyed (2 Kgs 17:5-12 ^o), and now the Lord had decided to get rid of the southern kingdom of Judah (see Deut 8:19-20 ^p).
Summary for Jer 32:34-35: 32:34-35 ^q The people had sinned by defiling God’s own Temple with abominable idols (Ezek 8:3 ^r). The leaders of Judah were also known to sacrifice their own children to an Ammonite deity named Molech (cp. Jer 7:30-34 ^s).
Summary for Jer 32:36-44: 32:36-44 ^t The Lord affirmed that the destruction of Jerusalem would not bring an end to his plans. Beyond the immediate doom, the Lord planned a future of salvation and restoration for his people.
Summary for Jer 32:36-37: 32:36-37 ^u Jeremiah was responsible for repeating whatever the Lord told him, even if the messages seemed contradictory on the surface. Jeremiah had been saying for years that God was going to destroy the city. Now he was saying that God would rebuild the city. Cp. Isa 38:1-6 ^v.
32:37 ^w God would certainly bring his people back again to Jerusalem, where they would live in peace and safety.
Summary for Jer 32:38-40: 32:38-40 ^x The new covenant (31:31-34 ^y) would take root deep within the spiritual being of the people, both as individuals and in the community.

• They will be my people, and I will be their God: A deep relationship between God and his people would finally be realized, as had been the intent of the covenant all along (7:23 ^z; Lev 26:12 ^aa; Ezek 11:20 ^ab; 37:23 ^ac; Zech 8:8 ^ad).
32:39 ^ae Under the new covenant, the people would worship the one true God rather than idols.
32:41 ^af find joy: The Lord’s anger at seeing his people worship sex-idols and his grief in punishing them for breaching the old covenant would be gone. No longer would he uproot them (1:10 ^ag); instead, it would be his delight to replant them.