Jeremiah 10:16
The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
17Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.
Psalms 16:5The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
Psalms 119:57CHETH The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
Psalms 142:5\142:4\Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
Isaiah 19:25Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17
Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →