So I bought the field at Anathoth, paying Hanamel seventeen pieces of silver for it.
Parallel translations
- WEB I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
- KJV And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
- BSB So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
- NKJV So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver.
- NASB “So I bought the field which was in Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of silver.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah bought the field and weighed out seventeen shekels of silver as payment. It is a concrete act of faith in God's promise of restoration.
Overview
Buying land during a siege, when the territory was about to fall to Babylon, seemed economically absurd, yet Jeremiah obeyed. The exact weighing of silver underscores the transaction's reality and legality. This investment in a doomed land embodies hope grounded in God's word that fields would again be bought there, a faith that looks beyond present ruin to promised redemption.
Cross-references & the web
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- Zech 11:12–13I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
- 1 Kgs 20:39As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
- Esth 3:9If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
- Gen 23:15–16“My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”
- Hos 3:2So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
- Gen 37:28Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Isa 55:2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
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