Jeremiah 10:16
Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
17Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
Cross References
Exodus 34:9and saith, 'If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, O my Lord, let my Lord, I pray Thee, go in our midst (for it [is] a stiff-necked people), and thou hast forgiven our iniquity and our sin, and hast inherited us.'
Psalms 16:5Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.
Psalms 73:26Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
Psalms 119:57[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
Psalms 142:5I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'
Isaiah 19:25In that Jehovah of Hosts did bless it, saying, 'Blessed [is] My people — Egypt, And the work of My hands — Asshur, And Mine inheritance — 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 →