Jehovah used this transaction symbolically in order to reinforce his promise that the Israelites would return to reclaim their inheritance of the land after a period of exile in Babylon. ​ — Jeremiah 32: 13 - 15.
हानामेलची अनाथोथमधील जमीन ही गैरव्यवहाराने मिळवलेली होती असे कोठेही सूचित होत नाही.