Jeremiah 32:21

You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

Berean Standard Bible

Follow its threads on the canvas →

Study note

Setting — God addresses the prophet, recounting the historical Exodus to validate the present covenant promise regarding the land.

The words — וַתּוֹצֵא (vato'tze') means "you brought out," and בְּאֹתֹת (be'otot) means "by signs," anchoring the deliverance in divine action and visible authentication.

The thread — This deliverance motif appears in Exodus 6:6, where God promises to bring Israel out from under the Egyptian yoke, and in Deuteronomy 26:8, which echoes the same language of mighty hand, outstretched arm, and great terror.

Why it lands — The text states that God executed past judgment and liberation, then demands recognition that the same power is actively fulfilling covenant promises in the present moment.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

וַתֹּצֵ֛אva./to.Tze'and/ you brought out אֶת־'et-<obj.>עַמְּךָ֥'a.me./Khapeople/ your אֶת־'et-<obj.>יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael מֵאֶ֣רֶץme./'E.retzfrom/ [the] land of מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt בְּאֹת֣וֹתbe./'o.Totby/ signs וּבְמוֹפְתִ֗יםu./ve./mof.Timand/ by/ wonders וּבְיָ֤דu./ve./Yadand/ by/ a hand חֲזָקָה֙cha.za.Kahstrong וּבְאֶזְר֣וֹעַu./ve./'ez.Ro.a'and/ by/ an arm נְטוּיָ֔הne.tu.Yahoutstretched וּבְמוֹרָ֖אu./ve./mo.Ra'and/ with/ terror גָּדֽוֹל׃ga.Dolgreat

King James Version

And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

Cross-references

Exodus 6:6 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
Deuteronomy 26:8 Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
Exodus 6:1 But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
Exodus 13:9 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
1 Kings 8:42 for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
1 Chronicles 17:21 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
Psalms 89:8 O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
Psalms 105:37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.