Jeremiah 27:5

“I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, ¹  and I give it to whomever I see fit. ² 

Ge 1:29,30; Ge 9:2,3; Ge 9:6; Ex 20:11; De 2:7,9,19; De 2:21; De 4:17,25,32,35; De 5:16; De 32:8; Jos 1:2,3; Ezr 1:2; Job 26:5-14; Job 38:4-41; Ps 102:25; Ps 115:15,16; Ps 135:10-12; Ps 136:5-9; Ps 146:5,6; Ps 148:2-5; Isa 40:21-26; Isa 42:5; Isa 44:24; Isa 45:12; Isa 48:13; Isa 51:13; Jer 10:11,12; Jer 32:17; Jer 51:15; Joh 1:1-3; Ac 14:15; Ac 17:24; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2,10,11; Re 4:11

¹ tn Heb “by my great power and my outstretched arm.” Again “arm” is symbolical for “strength.” Compare the similar expression in 21:5.

² sn See Dan 4:17 for a similar statement.