Jeremiah 10:16
Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for He is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; the LORD of hosts is His name.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
17Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9And he said: 'If now I have found grace in Thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray Thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Thine inheritance.'
Psalms 16:5O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Psalms 119:57HETH. My portion is the LORD, I have said that I would observe Thy words.
Psalms 142:5(142-6) I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'
Isaiah 19:25for that the LORD of hosts hath blessed him, saying: 'Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, 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 →