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I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
Jeremiah 32:10 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
  • KJV And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
  • NKJV And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.
  • NASB And I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
  • NLT I signed and sealed the deed of purchase before witnesses, weighed out the silver, and paid him.

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Quick answer

Jeremiah formally signed and sealed the deed, called witnesses, and weighed out the payment. The careful legal process makes the sign of hope concrete and binding.

Overview

The deliberate steps of signing, sealing, witnessing, and paying follow proper legal custom, lending full validity to the purchase. Such formality stresses that the prophet's hope was no vague sentiment but a documented, irrevocable commitment. God's promises, like this deed, are sure and binding, sealed and guaranteed, as believers' inheritance is sealed by the Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Jer 32:44Fields 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.”
  • Jer 32:12and 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.
  • Deut 32:34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
  • Isa 44:5One 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.”
  • Job 14:17My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
  • Jer 32:25Yet 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!’”
  • Josh 18:9So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
  • Isa 8:1–2Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
  • Dan 8:26The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
  • John 6:27Do 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.”
  • Isa 30:8Go 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.
  • Eph 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
  • 2 Cor 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
  • John 3:33Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
  • Rev 7:2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
  • Eph 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  • Rev 9:4They 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.
  • Ruth 4:9–11At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
  • Song 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

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Christ at the center

Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.

How Jeremiah 32:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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