Jeremiah 32:17

“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah addresses the LORD in prayer, immediately after handing the deed of a field purchase to Baruch (32:16), during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem.

The words — אֲהָהּ ('a.Hah, "alas!") opens the prayer with raw distress, and הִנֵּה (hi.Neh, "behold/there!") pivots the speaker's attention from lament to declaration of God's creative power.

The thread — The "nothing is too difficult" formula recurs in Jeremiah 32:27 and Genesis 18:14, and Luke 1:37 echoes the principle that no word from God will fail.

Why it lands — The verse forces a reader to hold two truths at once: God's absolute power and the very real, immediate threat of the siege, without resolving the tension in a comfort statement.

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The Hebrew words

אֲהָהּ֮'a.Hahalas!אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO Lord יְהוִה֒Yah.wehYahweh הִנֵּ֣ה׀hi.Nehthere!אַתָּ֣ה'a.Tahyou עָשִׂ֗יתָ'a.Si.tayou made אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha./sha.Ma.yimthe/ heavens וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָאָ֔רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ earth בְּכֹֽחֲךָ֙be./kho.cha./Khaby/ strength/ your הַגָּד֔וֹלha./ga.Dol<the>/ great וּבִֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖u./vi/z.ro.'a./Khaand/ by/ arm/ your הַנְּטוּיָ֑הha./ne.tu.Yah<the>/ outstretched לֹֽא־lo'-not יִפָּלֵ֥אyi.pa.Le'it is [too] difficult מִמְּךָ֖mi.me./Khafor/ you כָּל־kol-any דָּבָֽר׃da.Varthing

King James Version

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:

Cross-references

Luke 1:37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
Jeremiah 32:27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Genesis 18:14 Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
Job 42:2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Jeremiah 27:5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Luke 18:27 But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”