Jeremiah 10:16
Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
17He has gathered thy substance from without that lodged in choice vessels.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9and said, If I have found grace before thee, let my Lord go with us; for the people is stiff-necked: and thou shalt take away our sins and our iniquities, and we will be thine.
Psalms 16:5Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
Psalms 142:5I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.
Isaiah 19:25saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance.
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 →