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Jeremiah 10:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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. "
Jeremiah 10:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath
15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 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.
17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find
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Jeremiah 10:1
"Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:"
Jeremiah 10:2
"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."
Jeremiah 10:3
"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."
Jeremiah 10:4
"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move"
Jeremiah 10:5
"They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good."
Jeremiah 10:6
"Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might."
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