Jeremiah 32:21
in Jeremiah 32You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
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ASV
and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
KJV
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
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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
a strong hand and an outstretched arm
The strong hand and outstretched arm echo the exodus language of Deuteronomy 26:8. Matthew Henry reads them against Pharaoh: a hand too strong for the Egyptians and an arm long enough to reach their proud king. The same arm made the heavens in verse 17.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 21) You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. And you have brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt. It is well said, your people, for at that time when they were brought out, they served under the Lord's command.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), that God brought them forth, not only with comforts and joys to them, but with glory to himself, with signs and wonders (witness the ten plagues), with a strong hand, too strong for the Egyptians themselves, and with a stretched-out arm, that reached Pharaoh, proud as he was, and with great terror to them and all about them.
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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 words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּצֵ֛א | vatotze' | and you brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַמְּךָ֥ | ʾamekha | people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| בְּאֹת֣וֹת | beotot | by signs | H226 → | 80 times |
| וּבְמוֹפְתִ֗ים | uvemoftim | and by wonders | H4159 → | |
| וּבְיָ֤ד | uveyad | and by a hand | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חֲזָקָה֙ | chazakah | strong | H2389 → | 56 times |
| וּבְאֶזְר֣וֹעַ | uveezroa' | and by an arm | H248 → | |
| נְטוּיָ֔ה | netuyah | outstretched | H5186 → | 214 times |
| וּבְמוֹרָ֖א | uvemora' | and with terror | H4172 → | |
| גָּדֽוֹל׃ | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
וַתֹּצֵ֛אand you brought out
vatotze'H3318 →1067 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַמְּךָ֥people your
ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
בְּאֹת֣וֹתby signs
beototH226 →80 times
וּבְמוֹפְתִ֗יםand by wonders
uvemoftimH4159 →
וּבְיָ֤דand by a hand
uveyadH3027 →1618 times
חֲזָקָה֙strong
chazakahH2389 →56 times
וּבְאֶזְר֣וֹעַand by an arm
uveezroa'H248 →
נְטוּיָ֔הoutstretched
netuyahH5186 →214 times
וּבְמוֹרָ֖אand with terror
uvemora'H4172 →
גָּדֽוֹל׃great
gadolH1419 →526 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 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by…
- Exodus 7:4
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land…
- Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Through
Deuteronomy 26:8Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Through
Psalms 105:37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:35–36
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
- Exodus 3:22
Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder…
- Acts 13:17
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
- Exodus 12:35–36
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 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.