Jeremiah 32:16
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New International Version (©2011)
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then after I had given the papers to Baruch, I prayed to the LORD:

English Standard Version (©2001)
“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

International Standard Version (©2012)
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Neriah's son Baruch, I prayed to the LORD:

NET Bible (©2006)
"After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"After I had given the copies to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD. I prayed,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Now when I had delivered the deed of purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

American King James Version
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

American Standard Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying:

Darby Bible Translation
And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,

English Revised Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,

World English Bible
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And I pray unto Jehovah -- after my giving the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah -- saying,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

32:16-25 Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. When at any time we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good for us to look to first principles. Let us consider that God is the fountain of all being, power, and life; that with him no difficulty is such as cannot be overcome; that he is a God of boundless mercy; that he is a God of strict justice; and that he directs every thing for the best. Jeremiah owns that God was righteous in causing evil to come upon them. Whatever trouble we are in, personal or public, we may comfort ourselves that the Lord sees it, and knows how to remedy it. We must not dispute God's will, but we may seek to know what it means.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 16-25. - Jeremiah obeys the Divine command, but is so besieged by misgivings that he applies for a further revelation of God's purposes.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah,.... When he had finished his worldly business, and which yet was by a divine order, and to answer a divine purpose, then he betook himself to prayer; and it is proper we should be quite free from worldly cares and concerns when we enter upon religious duties, particularly prayer to God; when the soul ought to be separated from the world and the things of it, and wholly devoted to God:

I prayed unto the Lord; either for further information in this matter, of the use and design of buying the field; and how this part of the prophecy, signified by it, concerning the Jews buying and possessing houses and fields, can be made to agree with the other prophecy, that the city should be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans; or, at least, that he might be able to answer the cavils and objections made by the Jews to it: that he was in some puzzle, perplexity, and distress, appears by his prayer, which begins,

saying, as follows:

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16. Jeremiah, not comprehending how God's threat of destroying Judah could be reconciled with God's commanding him to purchase land in it as if in a free country, has recourse to his grand remedy against perplexities, prayer.

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Jeremiah's Prayer
16Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying, 17Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for you: 18You show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, …

Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Genesis 32:9 Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, LORD, you who said to me, 'Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,'
Jeremiah 12:1 You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Jeremiah 32:12 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
Jeremiah 45:1 When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: