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(27). TOO HARD - literally, too wonderful....
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CHAPTER 32
Jeremiah in Prison
_ 1. Shut up in the court of the prison (Jeremiah 32:1) _
2. The revelation of the Lord concerning Hanameel (Jeremiah 32:6)
3. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 32
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JEREMIAH 32:16 (a later Deuteronomistic expansion, except perhaps in
Jeremiah 32:24 f.). Prayer of Jeremiah, reviewing the Divine
characteristics, and Yahweh's control of Israel's history, up to the
p...
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LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah.
THOU HAST MADE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1). Compare
Jeremiah 27:5.
NOTHING TOO HARD FOR THEE. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 18:14).
App-92....
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See introd. summary to the section....
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_thy stretched out arm_ Here, as in Jeremiah 27:5, referring to
creation. Elsewhere the expression has to do with Jehovah's acts of
deliverance (e.g. Jeremiah 32:21; Exodus 6:6;...
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C. The Prayer for Further Explanation Jeremiah 32:16-25
TRANSLATION
(16) Then I prayed unto the LORD after I had given the deed of
purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, saying, (17) Ah, O Lord GOD!...
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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 crea...
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This chapter forms the introduction to the most continuously
historical part of the book, which describes incidents in the two
years preceding the final destruction of Jerusalem, viz. chs.
34-43. The...
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THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR THEE. — The thought of the omnipotence
of God was here, as always, the ground of prayer. The occurrence of
the self-same phrase in Genesis 18:14 shows that it had been, e...
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אֲהָהּ֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀
אַתָּ֣ה עָשִׂ֗יתָ...
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CHAPTER XXX
RESTORATION I
THE SYMBOL
Jeremiah 32:1
"And I bought the field of Hanameel."- Jeremiah 32:9
WHEN Jeremiah was first called to his prophetic mission, after the
charge "to pluck up and t...
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The next of the prophecies of hope consists of the account of
Jeremiah's purchase of a field in Anathoth, with the interpretation of
the suggestiveness of the action. While he was still in prison thro...
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_Alas. Hebrew ahah, ah! only once. Septuagint, "O, thou Being, Lord
God." (Haydock) --- Hard. Hebrew also, "hidden, wonderful," &c.
(Calmet) --- "When the gods perform, nothing appears incredible."
(P...
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What a beautiful view is here given of the piety and faith of the
Prophet! With what zeal and earnestness doth he set his heart to seek
the Lord. Though all his remonstrances and entreaties had failed...
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_Ah, Lord Jehovah! _he says; _behold, thou hast made heaven and earth.
_Were any one not to attend to the circumstances of the passage, he
might think that the Prophet is here rambling, and does not c...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32.
But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah
were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel
should enjoy...
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AH LORD GOD!.... Which the Vulgate Latin version repeats three times,
"Ah, ah, ah", as being greatly distressed with the trouble that was
coming upon his people; and, it may be, not without some doubt...
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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:
Ver. 17. _Ah Lord God!_] This interjection in the begi...
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_When I had delivered the evidence, I prayed unto the Lord_ What he
prayed for we learn in the following verses: by which it appears that
he was not without some doubts and perplexities in this busine...
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Ah, Lord God! his perplexity on account of the strange proceeding in
which he had just taken part at God's command causing him to take
recourse to prayer, BEHOLD, THOU HAST MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EAR...
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Jeremiah's Prayer and Jehovah's Answer...
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TOO HARD FOR THEE:
Or, hid from thee...
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16-25 Jeremiah adores the Lord and his infinite perfections. When at
any time we are perplexed about the methods of Providence, it is good
for us to look to first principles. Let us consider that God...
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He beginneth his prayer with a recognition of God's omnipotency, and
the infiniteness of his power, which was showed in his first making
the heaven and the earth, as we read, GENESIS 1:1 PSALMS 146:6....
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SUB-PART A. AFTER ITS DESTRUCTION JERUSALEM WILL ONE DAY BE RESTORED,
SOMETHING GUARANTEED TO JEREMIAH IN A SYMBOLIC ACT OF PURCHASING
FAMILY LAND (JEREMIAH 32:1).
Jeremiah is commanded to buy an here...
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JEREMIAH QUESTIONS YHWH AS TO WHY HE HAS COMMANDED HIM TO DO THIS
STRANGE THING OF BUYING LAND IF THE LAND WAS IN FACT SIMPLY GOING TO
BE TAKEN OVER BY THE CHALDEANS. HE MAY WELL HAVE WONDERED WHETHER...
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JEREMIAH IS COMMANDED BY YHWH TO DEMONSTRATE HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE
FUTURE OF JUDAH BY BUYING LAND FROM HIS COUSIN HANAMEL ON THE DEATH OF
HIS UNCLE. BUT EVEN JEREMIAH IS PUZZLED BY IT AND IT DRIVES HI...
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Jeremiah 32:6. _And Jeremiah, said, The word of the LORD came unto me,
saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come
unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for...
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Jeremiah 32:1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the
tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar. For then the king of Babylon's army besieged J...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the field of Hanameel. Jeremiah's second
persecution, his prayer and Jehovah's answer.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Hanameel, Baruch.
CONCLUSION: When we are...
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Jeremiah 32:1. _The eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar._ This name,
which in Hebrew signifies groaning and complaint, aptly describes the
miseries he inflicted on the nations. Like an inundation he rav...
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_Thou hast made the heaven and the earth._
CREATION-AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH
I would to God we had in the religion of these modern times a more
potent infusion of this heroic faith in God. When Edward I...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 32:17 Jeremiah’s prayer begins by
confessing that God is the all-powerful Creator (MADE THE HEAVENS),
for whom NOTHING IS TOO HARD (see...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE
CHAPTER.—“Tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, and eighteenth of
Nebuchadnezzar” (Jeremiah 32:1). _Cf_. note on chronology of chap.
25: “this eight...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah was far from wishing to depress his fellow countrymen to the
point of disbelieving in the inalienable promises of God to Israel, He
fully recognized an element of truth in the prea...
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of
Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 32:1).
Now in the eleventh year of Zedekiah is when...
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2 Kings 19:15; Acts 14:15; Acts 15:18; Acts 17:24; Acts 7:49;...