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Jeremiah 27:5

The terms of the message are these: God, as Creator of the world and of all that is in it, has the right to give it to whomsoever He will. He has therefore placed Nebuchadnezzar in power for such time as it shall please Him, and none may resist His will.

the man … of the earth LXX omit.

my outstretched arm See on Jeremiah 32:17.

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See also Jeremiah 27:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 27:5. _I HAVE MADE THE EARTH_] I am the Creator and Governor of all things, and I dispose of the several kingdoms of the world as seemeth best to me....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 27 The Optimism of the False Prophets Contradicted _ 1. The call of Nebuchadnezzar to be the servant of God (Jeremiah 27:1) _ 2. The call to submit and to serve the king of Babylon (Jeremia...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 27-29. Certain linguistic peculiarities (_e.g._ the incorrect spelling, Nebuchadnezzar) suggest that these three Chapter s may have circulated as a separate pamphlet, _e.g._ in Babylon. They...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I HAVE MADE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:1). App-92. THE GROUND. Hebrew the face of the ground. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6. Some codices read "the face of all the ground". GROUND....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Instructions for the Foreign Ambassadors Jeremiah 27:4-11 TRANSLATION (4) Command them to say to their lords: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus say unto your lords: I have made...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. I HAVE MADE THE EARTH ... AN...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I HAVE MADE THE EARTH... — The pronoun is emphatic. For “upon the ground” read _on the face of the earth,_ and for “it seemed meet unto me” _it seemed meet to my eyes._ The “stretched-out arm” is a ph...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָנֹכִ֞י עָשִׂ֣יתִי אֶת ־הָ אָ֗רֶץ אֶת ־הָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IX HANANIAH Jeremiah 27:1, Jeremiah 28:1 "Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lie."- Jeremiah 28:15 THE most conspicuous point at issu

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Having thus repeated the vision and prophecies of the earlier times, Jeremiah again addressed himself directly to Zedekiah. There can be no doubt that the marginal reading of 27:l must be adopted, and...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Eyes. God disposes of all princes, &c. His prophets speak boldly. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The time of this prophecy is noted, but it should seem, that though the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah then, he did pot deliver it till a considerable space after, for Jekoiakim's reign at the begi...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Then follow these words, _I have made the earth, the man and the beast, which are on the face of the earth, by my great power, and by mine extended arm. _(179) The spectacle would have been unmeaning...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 AND 28. Chapter s 27 and 28 go together. Their chief subject is the submission to the head of the Gentiles, which God requires of the Jews. But before dwel...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, THE MAN AND THE BEAST THAT [ARE] UPON THE GROUND,.... The earth was made by him on the first day, and man and beast on the sixth day, of the creation; the earth is still support...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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._ Ver. 5. _I have made the e...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MESSAGE OF THE YOKES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I have made the earth, the man, and the beast that are upon the ground, calling them into being by an act of His will, as the King of the universe, BY MY GREAT POWER AND BY MY OUTSTRETCHED ARM, symbol...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of kingdoms as he pleases. Whatever any have of t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    To evince to them that his dominion extendeth to them, he mindeth them that he was the first efficient cause of all the creatures, and made both all men and all beasts that are upon the earth, and the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 27:5 made H6213 (H8804) earth H776 man H120 beast H929 on H6440 ground H776 great H1419 power...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH WAS LATER COMMANDED TO SEND PARALLEL YOKES TO THE PLOTTERS OF REBELLION WHOSE AMBASSADORS WERE CONGREGATED IN JERUSALEM (JEREMIAH 27:3). The sending of the yokes to related nations, which wo...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    WEARING THE YOKE OF SUBJECTION AND DEPENDENCE (JEREMIAH 27:1). At YHWH's command Jeremiah had to wear a yoke demonstrating bondage. Per the MT text this commenced at the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sign of the yokes, to surrounding Gentile kings. Warning of great calamity. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Jeconiah. CONCLUSION: Those who refuse to serve the God wh...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 27:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ In the twelfth verse it is added, “I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah.” These occurrences induce some critics to believe that Jehoiakim...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I have made the earth._ GOD AND THE EARTH I. God is the creator of all earthly things: “The man and the beast that are upon the ground.” The earth is not eternal, net the production of chance, not...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“Beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim.” There is authority for reading “_Zedekiah_” instead of “Jehoiakim.” Henderson substitutes “Zedekiah,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This and the two following chapters are closely connected. They all relate to the early part of the reign of Zedekiah, and con-rain warnings arising out of the deepening gloom of the politi...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Jeremiah goes on to declare that, In the beginning (Jeremiah 27:1) He's speaking this to the king Zedekiah. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this w...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24; Colossians 1:16; Deuteronomy 2:19; Deu

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