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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 27:5
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Jer 27:5 · Douay-Rheims
“I made the earth, and the men, and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.”
On this verse:
“God here, as elsewhere, connects with the symbol doctrine, which is as it were its soul, without which it would be not only cold and frivolous, but even dead [CALVIN]. God's mention of His supreme power is in order to refute the pride of those who rely on their own power (Isa 45:12). given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me-- (Psa 115:15-16; Dan 4:17, Dan 4:25, Dan 4:32). Not for his merits, but of My own sole good pleasure [ESTIUS].”
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