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Jeremiah 32:17

JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 32:17 Jeremiah’s prayer begins by confessing that God is the all-powerful Creator (made the heavens), for whom nothing is too hard (see Genesis 18:14). God has infinite power and can do all that he wills to do. However, that does not mean God can do anything, for he cannot act contrary to his own character (see 2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 6:18).

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See also Jeremiah 32:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    (27). TOO HARD - literally, too wonderful....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 32:16 (a later Deuteronomistic expansion, except perhaps in Jeremiah 32:24 f.). Prayer of Jeremiah, reviewing the Divine characteristics, and Yahweh's control of Israel's history, up to the p...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah. THOU HAST MADE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1). Compare Jeremiah 27:5. NOTHING TOO HARD FOR THEE. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 18:14). App-92....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to the section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thy stretched out arm_ Here, as in Jeremiah 27:5, referring to creation. Elsewhere the expression has to do with Jehovah's acts of deliverance (e.g. Jeremiah 32:21; Exodus 6:6;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Prayer for Further Explanation Jeremiah 32:16-25 TRANSLATION (16) Then I prayed unto the LORD after I had given the deed of purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, saying, (17) Ah, O Lord GOD!...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: THOU HAST MADE ... HEAVEN. Jeremiah extols God's crea...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR THEE. — The thought of the omnipotence of God was here, as always, the ground of prayer. The occurrence of the self-same phrase in Genesis 18:14 shows that it had been, e...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֲהָהּ֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אַתָּ֣ה עָשִׂ֗יתָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Alas. Hebrew ahah, ah! only once. Septuagint, "O, thou Being, Lord God." (Haydock) --- Hard. Hebrew also, "hidden, wonderful," &c. (Calmet) --- "When the gods perform, nothing appears incredible." (P...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a beautiful view is here given of the piety and faith of the Prophet! With what zeal and earnestness doth he set his heart to seek the Lord. Though all his remonstrances and entreaties had failed...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    _Ah, Lord Jehovah! _he says; _behold, thou hast made heaven and earth. _Were any one not to attend to the circumstances of the passage, he might think that the Prophet is here rambling, and does not c...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AH LORD GOD!.... Which the Vulgate Latin version repeats three times, "Ah, ah, ah", as being greatly distressed with the trouble that was coming upon his people; and, it may be, not without some doubt...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee: Ver. 17. _Ah Lord God!_] This interjection in the begi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When I had delivered the evidence, I prayed unto the Lord_ What he prayed for we learn in the following verses: by which it appears that he was not without some doubts and perplexities in this busine...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Ah, Lord God! his perplexity on account of the strange proceeding in which he had just taken part at God's command causing him to take recourse to prayer, BEHOLD, THOU HAST MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EAR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jeremiah's Prayer and Jehovah's Answer...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TOO HARD FOR THEE: Or, hid from thee...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-25 Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. When at any time we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good for us to look to first principles. Let us consider that God...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He beginneth his prayer with a recognition of God's omnipotency, and the infiniteness of his power, which was showed in his first making the heaven and the earth, as we read, GENESIS 1:1 PSALMS 146:6....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 32:17 Ah H162 Lord H136 GOD H3069 made H6213 (H8804) heavens H8064 earth H776 great H1419 power...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH QUESTIONS YHWH AS TO WHY HE HAS COMMANDED HIM TO DO THIS STRANGE THING OF BUYING LAND IF THE LAND WAS IN FACT SIMPLY GOING TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE CHALDEANS. HE MAY WELL HAVE WONDERED WHETHER...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH IS COMMANDED BY YHWH TO DEMONSTRATE HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF JUDAH BY BUYING LAND FROM HIS COUSIN HANAMEL ON THE DEATH OF HIS UNCLE. BUT EVEN JEREMIAH IS PUZZLED BY IT AND IT DRIVES HI...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou hast made the heaven and the earth._ CREATION-AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH I would to God we had in the religion of these modern times a more potent infusion of this heroic faith in God. When Edward I...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 19:15; Acts 14:15; Acts 15:18; Acts 17:24; Acts 7:49;...

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