“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.”
The affirmation of God's creation of earth, humans, and animals establishes the metaphysical foundation for the claim that God can assign kingdoms to whomever He pleases, moving from general theology to specific political application. This foundational statement grounds Jeremiah's hard message in creation theology, reminding Judah's leadership that their political calculations operate within a cosmos governed by divine will, not human power. The emphatic recitation of God's creative work serves to silence objections based on human reasoning or military advantage.
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