King James Version
Jeremiah 32:43 in the King James Version says “And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand ...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”
Jeremiah 32:43 · KJV
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. assuredly: Heb. in truth, or, stability
For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall be bought”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“without man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“or beast”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“it is given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“into the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the Chaldeans”
H3778a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
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