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.’”
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.
- BSB For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought 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.” ’
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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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- Zech 3:10In that day,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”
- Amos 9:14–15I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.
- Jer 30:18Yahweh says: “Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. The city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own place.
- Jer 31:24Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
- Jer 32:43–44Fields shall be bought in this land, about which you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
- Jer 31:12They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
- Jer 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:
- Jer 31:5Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.
- Jer 33:12–13Yahweh of Armies says: “Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
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