Jeremiah 32:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 creative power as a ground for humility on his part as man. It is not my part to call thee, the mighty God, to account for thy ways (cf. Jeremiah 12:1).

There is nothing too hard for thee. In Jeremiah 32:27 God's reply exactly accords with Jeremiah's prayer, "Is there anything too hard for me?" (Genesis 18:14; Zechariah 8:6; Luke 1:37.)

Jeremiah 32:17

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: