5I 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.
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He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. …
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 27:1), and yet the messengers, to whom he is to deliver the badges of servitude, are said (Jer. 27:3) to come to Zedekiah king of Judah , who reigned not till eleven years after the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. Some make it an error of the copy, and think t…
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