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Jeremiah 32:44

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Jeremiah 32:44 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    They will buy fields with silver and write in sealed scrolls. They will assemble witnesses in the land of Benjamin, all around Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, in the cities in the hill country and in the lowlands, and in the cities of the Negev. For I will bring back their fortunes—this is Yahweh’s declaration.’”

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    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.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    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.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill country, and cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for siluer, and make writings and seale them, and take witnesses in the land of Beniamin, and round about Ierusalem, and in the cities of Iudah, and in the cities of the mountaines, and in the cities of the plaine, and in the cities of the South: for I wil cause their captiuitie to returne, saith the Lord.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be written, and sealed, and witnesses shall be taken, in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, in the cities of Juda, and in the cities on the mountains, and in the cities of the plains, and in the cities that are towards the south: for I will bring their captivity, saith the Lord.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    Fields with money they buy, so as to write in a book, and to seal, and to cause witnesses to testify, in the land of Benjamin, and in suburbs of Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, and in cities of the hill-country, and in cities of the low country, and in cities of the south, for I turn back their captivity -- an affirmation of Jehovah.'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    They buy fields with money, so as to write in a scroll, and to seal, and to cause witnesses to testify, in the land of Benjamin, and in outskirts of Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, and in cities of the hill-country, and in cities of the low country, and in cities of the south, for I return their captivity,” a declaration of YHWH.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    They will buy fields with silver and write in sealed scrolls. They will assemble witnesses in the land of Benjamin, all around Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, in the cities in the hill country and in the lowlands, and in the cities of the Negev. For I will bring back their fortunes—this is Yahweh's declaration.'”
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    They will buy fields with silver and write in sealed scrolls. They will assemble witnesses in the land of Benjamin, all around Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, in the cities in the hill country and in the lowlands, and in the cities of the Negev. For I will bring back their fortunes—this is Yahweh’s declaration.’”
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    [Men] shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Men will buy fields for money, sign the deeds, seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed,” says the LORD.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    People will buy fields with silver again, deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen here in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in all the towns of Judah—including the towns of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will bring the people back from exile, declares the Lord.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Men will get fields for money, and put the business in writing, stamping the papers and having them witnessed, in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill-country and in the towns of the lowland and in the towns of the South: for I will let their fate be changed, says the Lord.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the Lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.'

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הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה
shᵉphêlâh
H8219
“the · valley”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H8213

TWOT: 2445d

lowland, valley - lowland - strip west of Judean mountains (technical term) - the Shephelah - strip near coast north of Carmel
  1. שָׂד֞וֹת sâdeh H7704 “fields” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  2. בַּכֶּ֣סֶף keçeph H3701 “in/at the · silver” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  3. יִקְנ֗וּ qânâh H7069 “to acquire” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  4. וְכָת֨וֹב kâthab H3789 “and · to write” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute
  5. בַּסֵּ֥פֶר çêpher H5612 “in/at the · book” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  6. וְחָתוֹם֮ châtham H2856 “and · to seal” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute
  7. וְהָעֵ֣ד ʻûwd H5749 “and · to testify” Conjunction + Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Absolute
  8. עֵדִים֒ ʻêd H5707 “witnesses” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  9. בְּאֶ֨רֶץ ʼerets H776 “in/at · land of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  10. בִּנְיָמִ֜ן Binyâmîyn H1144 “Benjamin” Noun, Proper
  11. וּבִסְבִיבֵ֣י çâbîyb H5439 “and · in/at · surroundings of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  12. יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 “Jerusalem” Noun, Proper
  13. וּבְעָרֵ֤י ʻîyr H5892 “and · in/at · cities of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
  14. יְהוּדָה֙ Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 “Judah” Noun, Proper
  15. וּבְעָרֵ֣י ʻîyr H5892 “and · in/at · cities of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
  16. הָהָ֔ר har H2022 “the · mountain” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  17. וּבְעָרֵ֥י ʻîyr H5892 “and · in/at · cities of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
  18. וּבְעָרֵ֣י ʻîyr H5892 “and · in/at · cities of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
  19. הַנֶּ֑גֶב negeb H5045 “the · south” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  20. כִּֽי kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  21. אָשִׁ֥יב shûwb H7725 “to return” Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  22. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  23. שְׁבוּתָ֖ם shᵉbûwth H7622 “captivity · their” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  24. נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 “utterance of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  25. יְהוָֽה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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26
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23
distinct lemmas
Prophets
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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה valley H8219 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה valley H8219 occurs in 19 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 5 verbs
  • 19 nouns
  • 1 conjunction
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • יִקְנ֗וּ Qal · Imperfect
  • וְכָת֨וֹב Qal · Infinitive Absolute
  • וְחָתוֹם֮ Qal · Infinitive Absolute
  • וְהָעֵ֣ד Hiphil · Infinitive Absolute
  • אָשִׁ֥יב Hiphil · Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וּבְעָרֵ֤י city H5892 ×4
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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Jeremiah 32:44 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Jeremiah 17:26 They shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, to the house of Yahweh.
  • Jeremiah 33:7 I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
  • Jeremiah 33:11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Hosts, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.
  • Jeremiah 33:26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
  • Jeremiah 32:10 I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
  • Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
  • Psalms 126:1–4 When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, We were like those who dream.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Jeremiah 32:44 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

שָׂד֞וֹת בַּכֶּ֣סֶף יִקְנ֗וּ וְכָת֨וֹב בַּסֵּ֥פֶר וְחָתוֹם֮ וְהָעֵ֣ד עֵדִים֒ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֜ן וּבִסְבִיבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם וּבְעָרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְעָרֵ֣י הָהָ֔ר וּבְעָרֵ֥י הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה וּבְעָרֵ֣י הַנֶּ֑גֶב כִּֽי אָשִׁ֥יב אֶת שְׁבוּתָ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Structure differs

In the Septuagint, Jeremiah is about an eighth shorter than the Hebrew and arranges its material differently — the Oracles Against the Nations (Hebrew chapters 46–51) appear in the middle of the Greek book, after 25:13. Because the chapter and verse boundaries do not line up, a verse-for-verse comparison with the Hebrew is not shown.

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    חַקְלִין בְּכַסְפָּא יִזְבְּנוּן וְיִכְתְּבוּן בְּשִׁטְרָא וְיַחְתְּמוּן וְיַסְהֲדוּן סַהֲדִין בְּאַרַע שִׁבְטָא דְבִנְיָמִין וּבְסַחֲרָנֵי יְרוּשְׁלֵם וּכְקִרְוַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה וּבְקִרְוֵי טוּרָא וּבְקִירְוֵי שְׁפֶלְתָּא וּבְקִרְוֵי דָרוֹמָא אֲרֵי אֲתֵיב יַת גַלְוַתְהוֹן אֲמַר יְיָ:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Jeremiah 32:44 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jer 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.

Ver. 44. Men shall buy fields for moneg.] All shall be statu quo prius in that great restoration of all things. And with this chapter endeth the commentary of Jerome upon Jeremiah.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

32:44 fields will once again be bought and sold: The Lord directly answered Jeremiah’s query (32:25). Jeremiah had signed and sealed and witnessed a deed for his inherited property (32:9-11), and people would do the same throughout the land of Judah.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

This is the declaration of that which was spoken verse 8.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

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.

Next: Jeremiah Chapter 33

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 44. Men shall buy fields for money] This is a reference to the symbolical purchase mentioned at the beginning of the chapter; that may be considered by them as a sure sign of their restoration, not only to the same land, but to their respective inheritances in that land. This the power of God could alone perform.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Calvin's Commentaries

To shew more fully what is said in the preceding verse, he adds, Fields with money shall be bought, and by writing (the verbs are in the infinitive mood) they shall write on tablets and sign by witnesses even if the land of Benjamin Then the Prophet mentions all the boundaries by which Jerusalem was surrounded. We know that a part of the city was in the lot of Benjamin, and even one gate was so called: in the land of Benjamin, he says, and also through the circuits of Jerusalem, even in the cities of Judah, those on the mountains, as well as those in the valley, and in the cities which he to the south, even Egypt, for the southern country was towards Egypt. The reason is added, Because God would restore their captivity, that, is, restore the captives that they might again rossess the land. Now follows, —

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

44. in the land of Benjamin, etc.] See on Jer_17:26.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Juda, and in. A farther description of these cities is given, situated about the capital, Hebron, Sephala, (the plain) near Gaza, (Calmet) and the Negeb or south country, (Haydock) towards Arabia. Here the excellent commentary of St. Jerome ends, to our great loss. (Calmet) --- It was perhaps his last work, undertaken after the twelve minor and the other three great prophets. He never wrote on Baruch, on the epistle of Jeremias, the Greek parts of Daniel, &c., as the Jews did not allow them to be canonical, and the point was not then decided. The Church styles St. Jerome "the greatest doctor in expounding the sacred Scriptures," as he translated and illustrated the greatest part of them; (Haydock) and indeed he seems to have been the best qualified for the undertaking, of all the fathers. (Du Pin) --- Hence we may lament the more that we have not all his works in their genuine purity and perfection, as even the latest editions are very faulty, and proceed upon a plan which the learned do not approve. See A. Butler, Kennicott, &c. (Haydock)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Now, Jeremiah, thou understandest wherefore I commanded thee to buy the field offered thee by Hanameel in Anathoth in the lot of Benjamin; it was to assure thee, that though at present the Chaldeans shall prevail against Jerusalem, and the Jews shall be carried into captivity, and the Jews shall neither buy nor sell here at present, yet fields shall here be bought again; men shall buy, and sell, and seal evidences in all parts of Judea, as they were wont to do in former times, for they shall return again out of the captivity of Babylon into their own land, and have commerce one with another as formerly.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

44. In the land of Benjamin, etc. — The specifications of place here are evidently for emphasis, and serve to bring the glorious certainty more vividly to the minds of those who should hear and read this prophecy.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Subscribe evidences; rather, write (particulars of their purchase) in the deed (as ver. 10). In the land of Benjamin, etc. The catalogue of the districts of the Jewish kingdom heightens the realistic effect. (see on Jer_17:26) Everywhere the old social system will be reproduced in its entirety. The land of Benjamin is mentioned first, on account of the property of Jeremiah at Anathoth.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Jeremiah, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 26 words (23 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shᵉphêlâh (“valley”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “valley” (shᵉphêlâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Deuteronomy 1:7 shares the word «valley» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “city” occurs 4× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. The verb «יִקְנ֗וּ» is Qal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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