What does Jeremiah 32:27 mean?

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:27, King James Version

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Jeremiah 32:25-29

  1. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
  2. 26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
  3. 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
  4. 28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
  5. 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Study note

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).

Jehovah retorts Jeremiah's own words: I am indeed, as thou sayest (Jer 32:17), the God and Creator of "all flesh," and "nothing is too hard for Me"; thine own words ought to have taught thee that, though Judea and Jerusalem are given up to the Chaldeans now for the sins of the Jews, yet it will not be hard to Me, when I please, to restore the state so that houses and lands therein shall be possessed in safety (Jer 32:36-44).

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About the book of Jeremiah

Author
Jeremiah, with the scribe Baruch (Jer 36:4) (Jeremiah 1:1)
When
c. 627 to 580 BC
Period
Reino dividido, c. 930 a 586 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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