Jer 32:36-44 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 32:36-44: 32:36-44 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 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 .

Summary for Jer 32:36-44: 32:36-44 ^a 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 ^b 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 ^c.
32:37 ^d 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 ^e The new covenant (31:31-34 ^f) 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 ^g; Lev 26:12 ^h; Ezek 11:20 ⁱ; 37:23 ^j; Zech 8:8 ^k).
32:39 ^l Under the new covenant, the people would worship the one true God rather than idols.
32:41 ^m 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 ⁿ); instead, it would be his delight to replant them.
Summary for Jer 32:42-43: 32:42-43 ^o God’s promises for good were just as certain as the judgments that were being carried out as the Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem.
32:44 ^p fields will once again be bought and sold: The Lord directly answered Jeremiah’s query (32:25 ^q). Jeremiah had signed and sealed and witnessed a deed for his inherited property (32:9-11 ^r), and people would do the same throughout the land of Judah.