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.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanity, the work of deception; in the time of their punishment shall they vanish.
17Gather up thy wares from the ground, O inhabitress of the beleaguered city.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy eyes, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go among us; even because it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon thou our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thy heritage.
Psalms 16:5Thou, O Lord, art the portion of my inheritance, and my cup; thou hast drawn my lot.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart should fall; yet the rock of my heart, and my portion will be God for ever.
Psalms 119:57CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words.
Psalms 142:5(142:6) I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of life.
Isaiah 19:25Whom the Lord of hosts will have blessed, saying, Blessed be my people Egypt, and Asshur the work of my hands, and my heritage Israel.
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 →