(1) To buy again something that has been sold, by paying back the price that bought it. (32:6) Cruden's Concordance of the Bible. Jerusalem had been sold, figuratively speaking, by the apostate Jews. They had perverted the ways of the Lord, and, too, they had abandoned the covenant their fathers had made with the Lord at Mount Sinai. The land of Jerusalem was the land of their inheritance. The Mosaic Law provided that land which had been sold, among other things, could be redeemed. However, a price was demanded for its redemption. What was the price? Jerusalem had not been bartered away for gold or for silver, nor was it sold as common merchandise. There was only One who could meet the prescribed terms. That One was their King! Isaiah said, "He hath redeemed Jerusalem"; not with money nor with the might of a great army, but He hath Redeemed it with the blood that was shed on Mount Calvary; the Redemption brought about by Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.