Page "Jeremiah" Paragraph 21

During the siege of Jerusalem, when it was finally obvious that Jeremiah ’ s prophecies of disaster would be fulfilled and that destruction and exile were imminent, the Lord instructed Jeremiah to make a real-estate investment by purchasing a field at Anathoth from his cousin Hanamel.

Jeremiah obeyed, weighed out the silver on scales, and had the deed witnessed and sealed.

The Lord was making the point that the nation would eventually be restored and that houses and fields would once again be bought in the land.