"Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you." Jeremiah 32:17
This verse comes from a prayer Jeremiah offers during a national crisis, as Jerusalem sits under siege by the Babylonians, and despite the surrounding chaos, he anchors himself in the truth of who God is—the Creator who spoke the universe into existence, with "outstretched arm" evoking God's active, mighty intervention in the world rather than a distant or passive power. The verse's closing line, "nothing is too hard for you," is what makes it so beloved and frequently quoted, often used as a source of comfort in difficult circumstances like illness, financial struggle, or broken relationships, because it reframes the situation: if God had the power to create everything from nothing, no human problem is beyond His ability to address.