For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.’
- KJV For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
- NKJV For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.” ’
- NASB For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Houses and fields and vineyards will again be purchased in this land.” ’
- NLT For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Someday people will again own property here in this land and will buy and sell houses and vineyards and fields.’”
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Quick answer
The LORD declares that houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land. This is the meaning of the whole sign-act: restoration is certain.
Overview
God interprets Jeremiah's purchase: ordinary commerce in land will resume in Judah after the exile, signaling renewed life and settled hope. The seemingly futile act becomes a divine pledge that judgment will not be permanent. This promise of normal life restored reflects God's purpose to bring His people from desolation to flourishing, ultimately fulfilled in the lasting inheritance He grants in Christ.
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Cross-references · 9
- Zech 3:10On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- Amos 9:14–15I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Jer 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
- Jer 31:24And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
- Jer 32:43–44And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
- Jer 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Jer 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
- Jer 31:5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
- Jer 33:12–13This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
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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.
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