Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD"
Text: Jeremiah 32:8
A PUZZLING WORD FROM THE LORD
Jeremiah had spoken about the fall of Judah. The Babylonians would conquer the land. Everything would belong to the Babylonians then!
“And Jeremiah said,
‘The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle
will come to you, saying,
‘Buy my field which is in Anathoth,
for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”
Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison
according to the word of the LORD, and said to me,
‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth,
which is in the country of Benjamin;
for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours;
buy it for yourself.’
Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.”
Jeremiah 32:6-8
1. “And Jeremiah said, ‘The word of the LORD came to me, saying'”
a) This was Jeremiah’s personal testimony.
b) A special word from the LORD was given to Jeremiah.
c) This was a personal word.
2. “Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, ‘Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it”
a) A cousin of Jeremiah called Hanamel would come and visit Jeremiah.
b) He would offer a field in Anathoth to Jeremiah.
c) Land could not be sold to one outside the family circle.
d) Jeremiah had the right of redemption.
3. “Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD”
a) Hanamel did come to see Jeremiah in the court of the prison.
b) He asked Jeremiah to buy his field in Anathoth.
c) Jeremiah’s right:
i) The right of inheritance.
ii) He had the right of redemption.
d) Jeremiah’s perception:
i) This must have been from the LORD.
ii) Things happened exactly as the LORD had spoken to him.