Jeremiah 27:5
Good News Translation
"By my great power and strength I created the world, human beings, and all the animals that live on the earth; and I give it to anyone I choose.

New Revised Standard Version
It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please.

Contemporary English Version
and with my power I created the earth, its people, and all animals. I decide who will rule the earth,

New American Bible
It was I who made the earth, human being and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power, with my outstretched arm; and I can give them to whomever I think fit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I made the earth, and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I made the earth, and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.

made.

Jeremiah 10:11,12 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. . . .

Jeremiah 32:17 Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:

Jeremiah 51:15 He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Genesis 9:6 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

Job 26:5-14 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them. . . .

Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

Psalm 102:25 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

Psalm 136:5-9 Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever. . . .

Psalm 146:5,6 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: . . .

Psalm 148:2-5 Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts. . . .

Isaiah 40:21-26 Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth? . . .

Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.

Isaiah 45:12 I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.

Isaiah 48:13 My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.

Isaiah 51:13 And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker, who stretched out the heavens, and founded the earth: and thou hast been afraid continually all the day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee, and had prepared himself to destroy thee: where is now the fury of the oppressor?

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. . . .

Acts 14:15 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:

Acts 17:24 God, who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.

Colossians 1:16 For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created by him and in him.

Hebrews 1:2,10,11 In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world. . . .

Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honour and power. Because thou hast created all things: and for thy will they were and have been created.

and have.

Genesis 1:29,30 And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: . . .

Genesis 9:2,3 And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of the air, and all that move upon the earth: all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand. . . .

Deuteronomy 2:7,8,19 The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in every work of thy hands: the Lord thy God dwelling with thee, knoweth thy journey, how thou hast passed through this great wilderness, for forty years, and thou hast wanted nothing. . . .

Deuteronomy 5:16 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Joshua 1:2,3 Moses my servant is dead: arise, and pass over this Jordan, thou and thy people with thee, into the land which I will give to the children of Israel. . . .

Ezra 1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

Psalm 115:15,16 Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. . . .

Psalm 135:10-12 He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings: . . .

Deuteronomy 2:21 A people great and many, and of tall stature, like the Enacims whom the Lord destroyed before their face: and he made them to dwell in their stead,

Deuteronomy 4:17,25,32,35 The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven, . . .

Context
The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
4And thou shalt command them to speak to their masters: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters: 5I made the earth, and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.6And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon my servant: moreover also the beasts of the field I have given him to serve him.…
Cross References
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation.

Genesis 1:25
And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Deuteronomy 9:29
Who are thy people and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out by thy great strength, and in thy stretched out arm.

Psalm 96:5
For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

Psalm 115:15
Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 115:16
The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Psalm 146:6
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Isaiah 45:12
I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.

Jeremiah 10:12
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Jeremiah 27:4
And thou shalt command them to speak to their masters: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters:

Jeremiah 32:17
Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:

Jeremiah 51:15
He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

Daniel 4:17
The tree which thou sawest, which was high and strong, whose height reached to the skies, and the sight thereof into all the earth:

Daniel 4:25
All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor.

Daniel 5:18
O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.

Jeremiah 27:4
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