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Jeremiah 32:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 32 · verse 17
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:Jeremiah 32:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 32:17 in context
15For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
16Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
17Ah 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:
18Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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Key words (Strong's)
- nothingdâbâra wordH1697 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- powerkôachvigor, literally or figurativelyH3581 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
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We have here Jeremiah's prayer to God upon occasion of the discoveries God had made to him of his purposes concerning this nation, to pull it down, and in process of time to build it up again, which puzzled the prophet himself, who, though he delivered his messages faithfully, yet, in reflecting upon them, was greatly…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-25