Jeremiah 7:21

Context

7:21 The Lord said to the people of Judah,¹ “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all² says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!³

Jeremiah 32:27

Context
32:27 “I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me.⁴

[7:21] ¹tn The words “The Lord said to the people of Judah” are not in the text but are implicit in the shift in addressee between vv. 16-20 and vv. 21-26.

[7:21] ²tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

[7:21] ³tn Heb “Add your burnt offerings to your [other] sacrifices and eat the meat!” See the following sn for explanation. This is an example of the rhetorical use of the imperative for a sarcastic challenge. Cf. GKC 324 §110.a; cf. Amos 4:4, “Go to Bethel and sin!”

[32:27] ⁴tn 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?].”