Bible Strands
Jeremiah 27:5
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to messengers who must deliver this warning to the rulers of surrounding nations, just before instructing them to command those rulers to submit to Babylon.
The words — עָשִׂיתִי ('a.Si.ti) = I made, and אָרֶץ ('A.retz) = earth.
The thread — This creation and sovereignty motif appears in Jeremiah 32:17 and Psalm 115:15, where God is identified as the maker of heaven and earth who acts with decisive authority.
Why it lands — The text states that God created the earth, humanity, and animals, and retains the right to transfer political control to whomever He chooses. It demands that readers stop attributing geopolitical shifts to human strategy alone and acknowledge divine sovereignty over national destiny.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:17 “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Jeremiah 51:15 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Psalms 115:15 May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Psalms 146:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Daniel 4:17 This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- Hebrews 1:10 And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Isaiah 42:5 This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Isaiah 45:12 It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
- Jeremiah 10:11 Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”