Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 32:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28Therefore 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:
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah introduces or commands “Therefore thus saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 32:28 as “Nothing Is Too Hard, Yet the City's Violence Is Named” develops.
Read It With
- Jeremiah 32:26–35
Read Jeremiah 32:28 with 32:26–35. By itself, “Therefore thus saith the LORD” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The reply affirms divine power, recounts persistent rejection, and specifically names child burning and city-wide provocation.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 32:26–35. The prophetic word through Jeremiah introduces or commands “Therefore thus saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 32:28 as “Nothing Is Too Hard, Yet the City's Violence Is Named” develops. The literary form and this limit govern it: Divine power language does not guarantee any requested miracle, and judgment rhetoric never authorizes harming children.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 32:26–35 — Nothing Is Too Hard, Yet the City's Violence Is NamedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 32:26–35, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 32:26–35
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