“O Lord God!
It is you!
You made the heavens!
You made the earth!
By your great power!
By your outstretched arm!
Nothing is too hard for you!
You show steadfast love
To the thousandth generation.
But you repay
The guilt of parents
Into the laps of their children
After them.
O great mighty God!
Your name is Yahweh of hosts!
You are great in counsel!
You are mighty in deeds!
Your eyes are open
To all the ways of mortals!
You reward all
According to their ways,
According to the fruit
Of their doings!”
Jeremiah’s prays to an all powerful God, who has made heaven and earth by his potent outstretched hand. There is nothing too hard for God to do. God’s love lasts over 1,000 generations. However, he repays the guilt of the parents by putting it into the laps of their children, who come after them. Yahweh of hosts is the name of this God, who is great and mighty in deeds. He gives counsel, as his eyes are open to the various ways of mortals. He rewards humans according to their ways and the fruit of their actions.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 