Jer 32:24-25, 37, 43-44 | JFB | e4.org | 24. mounts —mounds of earth raised as breastworks by the besieging army, behind which they employed their engines, and which they gradually pushed forward to the walls of the city. behold, thou seest it —connected with . Thou seest all this with Thine own eyes, and yet (what seems inconsistent with it) Thou commandest me to buy a field.

‏ Jeremiah 32:24-25

24. mounts—mounds of earth raised as breastworks by the besieging army, behind which they employed their engines, and which they gradually pushed forward to the walls of the city.

behold, thou seest it—connected with Jer 32:25. Thou seest all this with Thine own eyes, and yet (what seems inconsistent with it) Thou commandest me to buy a field.

25. for the city, &c.—rather, "though," &c.

‏ Jeremiah 32:37

37. (See on Jer 16:15). The "all" countries implies a future restoration of Israel more universal than that from Babylon.

‏ Jeremiah 32:43-44

43. (Jer 32:15).

whereof ye say, It is desolate— (Jer 33:10).

44. Referring to the forms of contract (Jer 32:10-12):

Benjamin—specified as Anathoth; Jeremiah's place of residence where the field lay (Jer 32:8), was in it.