Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’”
- KJV Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
- NKJV ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’
- NASB ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field which is at Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.” ’
- NLT “Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.’”
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Quick answer
God foretells that Hanamel will offer Jeremiah his field at Anathoth, which Jeremiah has the right and duty to redeem. It frames the purchase as an act of covenant obligation and faith.
Overview
The kinsman-redeemer law (Lev. 25:25) allowed a relative to buy family land to keep it within the clan. God arranges this ordinary legal opportunity to become a sign of hope. Jeremiah's redemption of his kinsman's land quietly foreshadows the greater Redeemer who buys back what is lost, securing the inheritance of His people (Eph. 1:14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Jer 1:1These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Lev 25:25If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
- Jer 11:21Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
- Ruth 4:3–9And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
- Lev 25:23The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- Lev 25:34But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
- Lev 25:49either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
- Num 35:2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- 1 Kgs 14:5But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
- Mark 14:13–16So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,
- Mark 11:2–6and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
- Josh 21:18–19Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
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