Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
17'Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
Cross References
Exodus 34:9He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although 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 hosts 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 →