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Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, of all men, weak and mortal as they are; is there anything too hard for Me? as Jeremiah himself had stated, v. 17.
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, of all men, weak and mortal as they are; is there anything too hard for Me? as Jeremiah himself had stated, v. 17.
The answer is divided into two parts; (a) Jeremiah 32:26, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment: (b) Jeremiah 32:36, this punishment was not for Judah’s destruction, but for h...
CHAPTER 32 Jeremiah in Prison _ 1. Shut up in the court of the prison (Jeremiah 32:1) _ 2. The revelation of the Lord concerning Hanameel (Jeremiah 32:6) 3. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 32
Yahweh answers the prophet by declaring the issue and cause of the present distress, and by promising (Jeremiah 32:36 ff.) the future restoration of the people to Palestine, where they shall dwell in...
THE GOD OF ALL FLESH. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 16:22). App-92....
See introd. summary to the section....
See introd. summary to the section. The _vv_. after 27, purporting to give the Lord's reply to Jeremiah's question as to the fitness of his action in purchasing the field, bear fully the marks of a la...
D. The Plan of God Jeremiah 32:26-44 Jeremiah not only prayed; he also listened. Prayer is dialogue. Too often a Christian prays but does not tarry in meditation to listen to the still, small voice sp...
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Yahweh retorts Jeremiah's own words; I am, indeed, as thou sayest (), the God and Creator of "all flesh," and "nothi...
This chapter forms the introduction to the most continuously historical part of the book, which describes incidents in the two years preceding the final destruction of Jerusalem, viz. chs. 34-43. The...
IS THERE ANY THING TOO HARD FOR ME? — The answer to the prayer is an echo of the prayer itself (Jeremiah 32:17). The prophet is assured that he was not wrong when he cast himself, in the full confiden...
הִנֵּה֙ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֱלֹהֵ֖י כָּל ־בָּשָׂ֑ר...
CHAPTER XXX RESTORATION I THE SYMBOL Jeremiah 32:1 "And I bought the field of Hanameel."- Jeremiah 32:9 WHEN Jeremiah was first called to his prophetic mission, after the charge "to pluck up and t...
The next of the prophecies of hope consists of the account of Jeremiah's purchase of a field in Anathoth, with the interpretation of the suggestiveness of the action. While he was still in prison thro...
Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all (m) flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? (m) That is, of every creature: who as they are his work, so does he govern and guide them as pleases him, by wh...
We have here the Lord's gracious answer to the Prophet's prayer, Isaiah 65:24. I think it not altogether improbable, but, as the Lord had directed Jeremiah to buy the field in Anathoth, even in the pr...
We have already said that the verb פלא _pela, _admits of two meanings; it means to be hid and to be wonderful, and hence by a metaphor it means what is difficult and impossible. Many take it to mean h...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32. But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel should enjoy...
BEHOLD, I [AM] THE LORD, THE GOD OF ALL FLESH,.... Jehovah, the self-existent Being, that gives being to all creatures; and is particularly the God of all men, the Maker and Preserver of them, and tha...
Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Ver. 27. _Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh._] Yea, of the "spirits of all flesh"; Num 16:22 but what can...
_Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah_ To this difficulty of Jeremiah, between what was commanded him, and the prospect of its being, not only useless, but disadvantageous to him, the Lord ans...
26-44 God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them....
The Lord beginneth this revelation, for the prophet's satisfaction, with the preface expressive of his power and universal dominion, from which Jeremiah might understand that he could do whatsoever he...
Jeremiah 32:27 LORD H3068 God H430 flesh H1320 anything H1697 hard H6381 (H8735) God -...
YHWH'S ANSWER IS UNEQUIVOCAL. IT IS TRUE THAT NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR HIM, BUT THAT MUST BE SEEN AS PRECISELY THE REASON WHY HE WAS DELIVERING THE CITY INTO THE HANDS OF THE CHALDEANS. FOR HE WILL ALS...
SUB-PART A. AFTER ITS DESTRUCTION JERUSALEM WILL ONE DAY BE RESTORED, SOMETHING GUARANTEED TO JEREMIAH IN A SYMBOLIC ACT OF PURCHASING FAMILY LAND (JEREMIAH 32:1). Jeremiah is commanded to buy an here...
Jeremiah 32:27 This is God's account of Himself. I. _I am._Individuality. II. I am the _Lord._Dominion and majesty. III. The God of all flesh. Universality, condescension; not only the God of migh...
Jeremiah 32:6. _And Jeremiah, said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for...
Jeremiah 32:1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. For then the king of Babylon's army besieged J...
CONTENTS: Sign of the field of Hanameel. Jeremiah's second persecution, his prayer and Jehovah's answer. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Hanameel, Baruch. CONCLUSION: When we are...
Jeremiah 32:1. _The eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar._ This name, which in Hebrew signifies groaning and complaint, aptly describes the miseries he inflicted on the nations. Like an inundation he rav...
_Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for Me?_ “IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?” This method of questioning the person to be instructed is known to teachers as t...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 32:26 GOD confirms Jeremiah’s confession (v. Jeremiah 32:17). He is the Creator of ALL FLESH,
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“Tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, and eighteenth of Nebuchadnezzar” (Jeremiah 32:1). _Cf_. note on chronology of chap. 25: “this eight...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah was far from wishing to depress his fellow countrymen to the point of disbelieving in the inalienable promises of God to Israel, He fully recognized an element of truth in the prea...
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 32:1). Now in the eleventh year of Zedekiah is when...
Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 32:17; John 17:2; Luke 3:6; Matthew 19:26;...