Jeremiah 32:17

‘Oh, Lord God, ¹  you did indeed ²  make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. ³  Nothing is too hard for you!

Ge 1:1-31; Ge 18:14; Ex 20:11; 2Ki 19:15; Ne 9:6; Job 42:2; Ps 102:25; Ps 136:5-9; Ps 146:5,6; Isa 40:26-28; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24; Isa 45:12; Isa 46:9,10; Isa 48:12,13; Jer 1:6; Jer 4:10; Jer 10:11,12; Jer 14:13; Jer 27:5; Jer 32:27; Jer 51:15,19; Eze 9:8; Eze 11:13; Da 2:22; Zec 12:1; Lu 1:37; Lu 18:27; Joh 1:1-3; Ac 7:49,50; Ac 14:15; Ac 15:18; Ac 17:24; Eph 3:9-11; Col 1:15,16; Heb 1:2,3,10-12; Re 4:11

¹ tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For an explanation of the rendering here see the study note on 1:6.

sn The parallel usage of this introduction in Jer 1:6; 4:10; 14:13 shows that though this prayer has a lengthy introductory section of praise vv. 17-22, this prayer is really one of complaint or lament.

² tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle normally translated “behold.” See the translator’s note on 1:6 for the usage of this particle.

³ tn Heb “by your great power and your outstretched arm.” See 21:5; 27:5 and the marginal note on 27:5 for this idiom.