Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
17Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9And sayde, O Lord, I pray thee, If I haue founde grace in thy sight, that the Lord woulde nowe goe with vs (for it is a stiffe necked people) and pardon our iniquitie and our sinne, and take vs for thine inheritance.
Psalms 16:5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
Psalms 73:26My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
Psalms 119:57CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
Psalms 142:5Then cryed I vnto thee, O Lord, and sayde, thou art mine hope, and my portion in the land of the liuing.
Isaiah 19:25For the Lord of hostes shall blesse it, saying, Blessed be my people Egypt and Asshur, the worke of mine 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 →