Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Armies is his name.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
17Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9He said, “If now I have found favour in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go amongst us, even though this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
Psalms 16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 119:57The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
Psalms 142:5I cried to you, LORD. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Isaiah 19:25because the LORD of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, 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 →