Jeremiah 32:12 meaning and explanation

and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 32:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah is imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard while Babylon besieges Jerusalem, yet the LORD has told him to buy his cousin Hanamel's field at Anathoth as a sign that land will again be bought in Judah. Here he hands the deed to Baruch son of Neriah, his scribe, in full public view before Hanamel, the witnesses and the Jews held in the courtyard.

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