Jeremiah 27:5 meaning and explanation

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.

Jeremiah 27:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah is speaking to envoys from five neighboring kingdoms gathered in Jerusalem, relaying a message from the LORD of Hosts to their masters. The verse grounds God's claim to authority in creation: the same power that made the earth and every creature on it entitles him to assign lands as he chooses.

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