Jeremiah 32:20
in Jeremiah 32You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
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ASV
who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, both in Israel and among other men; and madest thee a name, as at this day;
KJV
Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
After I had given the deed
on Jeremiah 32:16-25
Jeremiah's prayer opens with creation, then moves through the exodus and Israel's disobedience. That history ends in the present siege, where “the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.” Verse 25 sets the LORD's command, “Buy for yourself the field with silver,” beside that fact.
This site's exposition
signs and wonders in the land of Egypt
Barnes reads the verse as a claim that the wonders begun in Egypt never stopped, still at work in Israel and among the nations. Jeremiah cites that record to steady himself. The God of the exodus is the God of the siege.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 20) You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt until this day, both in Israel and among mankind (or among earthlings), and have made a name for yourself, as it is this day. From a general overview, it then focuses on what specifically Israel has accomplished. It says, 'You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, which have afflicted Egypt until this day, and in Israel and among mankind, whether native-born or foreign.'
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day,....
We have a message which God thereupon entrusted him to deliver to the people. He must foretel the utter destruction of Judah and Jerusalem for their sins,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The sense is, who hast set, i. e., performed Exo 10:2 signs etc., and hast continued working them unto this day, both in lsrael and among men (i. e., the pagan).
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾashersa- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שַׂ֠מְתָּ | samta | you performed | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֹת֨וֹת | ʾotot | signs | H226 → | 80 times |
| וּמֹפְתִ֤ים | umofetim | and wonders | H4159 → | |
| בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ | beeretz- | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | uveyisrael | and in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבָֽאָדָ֑ם | uvaadam | and among <the> humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־ | vataaseh- | and you have made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְּךָ֥ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| שֵׁ֖ם | shem | a name | H8034 → | 864 times |
| כַּיּ֥וֹם | kaiyom | as the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾashersa-H834 →5497 times
שַׂ֠מְתָּyou performed
samtaH7760 →584 times
אֹת֨וֹתsigns
ʾototH226 →80 times
וּמֹפְתִ֤יםand wonders
umofetimH4159 →
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־in [the] land of
beeretz-H776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לand in Israel
uveyisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּבָֽאָדָ֑םand among <the> humankind
uvaadamH120 →551 times
וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־and you have made
vataaseh-H6213 →2628 times
לְּךָ֥for <the> yourself
lekha
שֵׁ֖םa name
shemH8034 →864 times
כַּיּ֥וֹםas the day
kaiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
it leads to
- Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- Psalms 83:17–18
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- Psalms 64:9
Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
- Romans 9:17
Through
Exodus 10:2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the…
it leads to
- Joel 1:3
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
- Joel 1:3
Through
Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:41
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…
- Exodus 12:41
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.