Jeremiah 32:17
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: 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:
The verse opens a prayer for further light on God's purpose for mankind after the purchase of the ancestral field at Anathoth. At that time the outlook for Judah was discouraging and Jerusalem was doomed to fall to Nebuchadnezzar's armies by sword, famine and pestilence. With faith sorely tried, perplexed in spirit and bowed with sorrow over those who refused to repent, Jeremiah feared he had acted presumptuously and given false hope in trying to encourage Judah.
The verse confesses that God made heaven and earth by great power and outstretched arm and that nothing is too hard for Him. That confession of creatorship and omnipotence is the ground for holding to the promise that houses and fields and vineyards will be possessed again. It expresses confidence even while asking how the purchase can stand amid coming destruction, because God's power makes the promised restoration possible despite present evil and captivity.
The verse reveals a God who means what He says and whose word to the ends of the earth cannot be changed in the least. He shows lovingkindness to thousands and repays fathers' iniquity into the bosom of their children. He is the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, great in counsel and mighty in work, with eyes open on all human ways to give everyone according to his ways and the fruit of his doings. Applied to tithes and offerings, the verse confronts every person with the choice to obey God or rob Him, with certainty that God will repay faithfulness or unfaithfulness.
Because no task is beyond God and no one can stop or hinder His working, His people are to move forward and come to Him in calm, perfect trust. For greatness, power, glory, victory and majesty belong to Him with heaven and earth at His command. Therefore they must not limit the Holy One of Israel.