Haftarah BeHar

Haftarah BeHar

Jeremiah 32:6-27

Jer 32:6  Yirmeyahu said, The word of YHWH came to me, saying,

Jer 32:7  Behold, Chanam’el the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in `Anatot; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.

Jer 32:8  So Chanam’el my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of YHWH, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in `Anatot, which is in the land of Binyamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of YHWH.

Jer 32:9  I bought the field that was in `Anatot of Chanam’el my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

Jeremiah was not a poor man.  Though many of Elohim’s prophets found themselves in hard times, most were from well established families.  Many were of priestly lineage and therefore had businesses and farms outside of Jerusalem in the Levitical cities.

Jeremiah, continued:

Jer 32:10 I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

Jer 32:11  So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;

Jer 32:12  and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Barukh the son of Neriyah, the son of Mechaseyah, in the presence of Chanam’el my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.

Jer 32:13  I charged Barukh before them, saying,

Jer 32:14  Thus says YHWH of Armies, the Elohim of Yisra’el: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

Jer 32:15  For thus says YHWH of Armies, the Elohim of Yisra’el: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

We don’t necessarily know what tribe we might be descended from, but Elohim does. Everyone grafted into the house of Israel as obedient believers will receive a share in the land along with the native born.

Eze 47:22  It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the strangers who sojourn among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Yisra’el; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Yisra’el.   Eze 47:23  It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger sojourns, there shall you give him his inheritance, says Adonai YHWH.

Jeremiah, continued:

Jer 32:16  Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Barukh the son of Neriyah, I prayed to YHWH, saying,

Jer 32:17  Ah Adonai YHWH! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,

Jer 32:18  who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, HaEl Hagadol, YHWH Tzeva’ot is his name;

Jer 32:19  great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

As Shaul reminds us:

First Corinthians 3:8  Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.   1Co 3:9  For we are Elohim’s fellow workers. You are Elohim’s farming, Elohim’s building.   1Co 3:10  According to the grace of Elohim which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

Jeremiah, continued:

Jer 32:20  who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Yisra’el and among [other] men; and made you a name, as in this day;

Jer 32:21  and brought forth your people Yisra’el out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

Jer 32:22  and gave them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

Jer 32:23  and they came in, and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice, neither walked in your Torah; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.

Jer 32:24  Behold, the mounds, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Kasdim who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened; and behold, you see it.

Jer 32:25  You have said to me, Adonai YHWH, Buy you the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Kasdim.

Jer 32:26  Then came the word of YHWH to Yirmeyahu, saying,

Jer 32:27  Behold, I am YHWH, the Elohim of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

The modern state of Israel simply does not have faith that Elohim can and will restore all things.

Next:  Talmidim BeHar.