Jeremiah 32:26-27

The Lord Answers Jeremiah’s Prayer

32:26 The Lord answered Jeremiah. ¹  32:27 “I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me. ² 

[32:26]  ¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.”

[32:27]  ² tn Heb “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?” The question is rhetorical expecting an emphatic negative answer (cf. E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 949, citing the parallel in Gen 18:14). The Hebrew particle “Behold” (הִנֵּה, hinneh) introduces the grounds for this rhetorical negative (cf. T. O. Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, 170, §135 [3]), i.e., “Since I am the Lord, the God of all mankind, there is indeed nothing too hard for me [or is there anything too hard for me?].”