26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah , saying , 27 "Behold , I am the Lord , the God of all flesh ; is anything e too difficult for Me?" 28 Therefore thus says the Lord , "Behold , I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , and he will take it. 29 "The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger . 30 "Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth ; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands ," declares the Lord . 31 "Indeed this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day , so that it should be removed from before My face , 32 because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger -they, their kings , their leaders , their priests , their prophets , the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . 33 "They have turned their back to Me and not their face ; though I taught them, teaching again and again , they would not listen and receive instruction . 34 "But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name , to defile it. 35 "They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom e to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech , which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination , to cause Judah to sin . 36 "Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say , 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword , by famine and by pestilence .' 37 "Behold , I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger , in My wrath and in great indignation ; and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety . 38 "They shall be My people , and I will be their God ; 39 and I will give them one heart and one way , that they may fear Me always e , for their own good and for the good of their children after them. 40 "I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. 41 "I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul . 42 "For thus says the Lord , ' Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people , so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them. 43 ' Fields will be bought in this land of which you say , " It is a desolation , without man or beast ; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans ." 44 'Men will buy fields for money , sign and seal deeds , and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin , in the environs of 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 Negev ; for I will restore their fortunes ,' declares the Lord ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 32:26-44
Commentary on Jeremiah 32:26-44
(Read Jeremiah 32:26-44)
God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them. The restoration of Judah and Jerusalem is promised. This people were now at length brought to despair. But God gives hope of mercy which he had in store for them hereafter. Doubtless the promises are sure to all believers. God will own them for his, and he will prove himself theirs. He will give them a heart to fear him. All true Christians shall have a disposition to mutual love. Though they may have different views about lesser things, they shall all be one in the great things of God; in their views of the evil of sin, and the low estate of fallen man, the way of salvation through the Saviour, the nature of true holiness, the vanity of the world, and the importance of eternal things. Whom God loves, he loves to the end. We have no reason to distrust God's faithfulness and constancy, but only our own hearts. He will settle them again in Canaan. These promises shall surely be performed. Jeremiah's purchase was the pledge of many a purchase that should be made after the captivity; and those inheritances are but faint resemblances of the possessions in the heavenly Canaan, which are kept for all who have God's fear in their hearts, and do not depart from him. Let us then bear up under our trials, assured we shall obtain all the good he has promised us.