Jeremiah 10:16
Not like them is He who is the portion of Jacob; He is the former of all things, And Israel is his allotted inheritance; Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanity, deceptive work; In the time of their punishment shall they perish.
17Gather up thy goods out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!
Cross References
Psalms 16:5Jehovah is my portion and my cup; Thou wilt maintain my lot!
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms 119:57Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
Psalms 142:5I cry unto thee, O LORD! I say, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
Isaiah 19:25Jehovah of hosts shall bless them, and say, Blessed be Egypt, my people, And Assyria, the work of my hands, And Israel, my 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 →