Jeremiah 51:19
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Cross References
Exodus 19:5If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
Psalms 16:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
Psalms 73:26For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
Psalms 115:3The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
Isaiah 47:4Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →