Jeremiah 32:10

Translations

Modern

I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Traditional

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

Literal

And I wrote in the account and sealed it, and I took witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales.

Latin

Et scripsi in libro, et signavi, et adhibui testes, et appendi argentum in statera.

Original

Hebrew

English

I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Notes

Jeremiah 32:10

Jeremiah followed the legal steps to buy property. The purchase deed was a papyrus sheet with terms in Hebrew. Jeremiah signed, sealed the deed, and paid in front of witnesses (Genesis 23:3–18; 2 Samuel 24:20–24).

Jeremiah 32:9–12

Many people might have thought Jeremiah acted foolishly when he agreed to buy the land. After Jerusalem fell and many people went into exile, the land's value would drop to almost nothing. Still, Jeremiah immediately bought the field.
Matthew 27:9–10 refers to the “what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet,” which might allude to this event.

Jeremiah 30:1–33:26

People often call these four chapters "The Book of Consolation," a highlight in Old Testament revelation. Unlike the many judgment messages Jeremiah gave his people, these messages are full of hope and promise a wonderful future restoration.

Theme notes and profiles

Baruch Jeremiah Hope Beyond Judgment The Family Redeemer The New Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 32:44
Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 32:12
…and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
Job 14:17
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Jeremiah 32:25
Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”
Isaiah 44:5
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 32:34
“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
Isaiah 30:8
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
John 3:33
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
2 Corinthians 1:22
…placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
Isaiah 8:1–2
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Glossary

Balance, Balances Book of Jeremiah Family Life and Relations Guard, Courtyard of the Hanamel Land Money Perseverance Seal Witness

Topics

Anathoth: City of Refuge in Benjamin: Birthplace of Jeremiah Balances: Money Weighed With Contracts: Written Instrument Covenant of Men with Men: Written and Sealed Hanamel: Cousin off Jeremiah, to Whom he Sold a Field in Anathoth Jeremiah: The Prophet: Purchases a Field Land: Conveyance of, by Written Deeds and Other Forms Land: Sale and Redemption of, Laws Concerning Land: Witnessed Money: Silver Used As Money: Usually Taken by Weight Money: Weighed Seal: A Stamp Used for Signifying Documents: Deeds Seals: Impressions of Attached to Lease and Transfers of Property Symbols and Similitudes: Jeremiah's Deeds of Land Witness: To the Transfer of Land

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