Jeremiah 32:23-25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they came in and possessed it In the former two verses he acknowledges God's goodness to Israel, here he owns his truth and faithfulness in bringing them into the land which he had promised them. But they obeyed not thy voice Having borne testimony to God's power, wisdom, and faithfulness, he comes now to own his justice, confessing that this people for whom he had done so much, had very ill requited him. They have done nothing at all that thou commandedst them, &c. They have not only broken some particular laws, but thy whole law. Therefore thou hast caused all this evil, &c. Therefore thou art righteous in bringing these judgments upon them. Behold the mounts The ramparts raised against the walls for placing battering engines on, and engines to cast weapons against the defenders, or for the purpose of making a general assault and taking the city. And the city is given Is ready to be given; into the hand of the Chaldeans, because of the sword, &c. Such is the havoc that the sword, the famine, and the pestilence make among the people, that they cannot make head against the besiegers, but must be overcome by them. And thou hast said unto me, Buy thee the field for money In this posture of affairs, when the city, and the country round about it, are in the power of the enemy, thou hast commanded me to make this purchase, which I have no prospect of ever enjoying. As if he had said, Lord I expound thy meaning to me, why thou shouldest set me to make purchases for thine enemies to possess.