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Jeremiah 27:4–5

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27:4Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them, ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all9 says to give your masters this message.1027:5“I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength,11 and I give it to whomever I see fit.12

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See study notes on and for the significance of this title.
  2. 10 Heb “Give them a charge to their masters saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel, “Thus you shall say unto your masters …” ’ ” The sentence is broken up in conformity with contemporary English style.
  3. 11 Heb “by my great power and my outstretched arm.” Again “arm” is symbolical for “strength.” Compare the similar expression in 21:5.
  4. 12 See Dan 4:17 for a similar statement.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Give them this charge for their masters: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters: “It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell this to your masters: “By my great strength and outstretched arm, I made the earth, and the people, and animals on the face of the earth. I give it to anyone I please.

NLTNew Living Translation

Give them this message for their masters: ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you must command them for their masters, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, this you shall say to your masters: “I have made the earth with humankind and animals that are on the face of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever is right in my eyes.

KJV 1900King James Version

And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; 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.