Jeremiah 10:16

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“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 Hosts is His name.”

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BSBPD

“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 Hosts is His name.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Not like these <FI>is<Fi> the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things <FI>is<Fi> He, And Israel <FI>is<Fi> the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 10:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
  2. Exodus 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
  3. Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
  4. Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
  5. Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
  6. Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  7. Psalms 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
  8. Psalms 119:57The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
  9. Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
  10. Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  11. Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
  12. Isaiah 19:25The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
  13. Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
  14. Isaiah 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.
  15. Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
  16. Isaiah 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  17. Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  18. Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  19. Jeremiah 31:35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
  20. Jeremiah 32:18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
  21. Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
  22. Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
  23. Jeremiah 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  24. Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

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