Jeremiah 10:16
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.
KJV
Non est his similis pars Jacob : qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est, et Israël virga hæreditatis ejus : Dominus exercituum nomen illi.
Vulgate
οὐκ ἔστιν τοιαύτη μερὶς τῷ Ἰακώβ, ὅτι ὁ πλάσας τὰ πάντα αὐτὸς κληρονομία αὐτοῦ, Κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ.
LXX
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.
ASV
לֹֽא כְ/אֵ֜לֶּה חֵ֣לֶק יַעֲקֹ֗ב כִּֽי יוֹצֵ֤ר הַ/כֹּל֙ ה֔וּא וְ/יִ֨שְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֵׁ֖בֶט נַֽחֲלָת֑/וֹ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2112The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. Scripture constantly recalls this rejection of "idols, (of) silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see." These empty idols make their worshippers empty: "Those who make them are like th…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:23 — And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
- Deut 32:9 — For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- Deut 32:9 — For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- Exod 15:11 — Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Exod 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritan
- Gal 4:7 — Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Heb 11:3 — Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
- Isa 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Isa 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Isa 46:5 — To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
- Isa 51:15 — But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
- Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
- Jer 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host
- Jer 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host
- Jer 32:18 — Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
- Jer 32:18 — Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
- Jer 50:34 — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jer 51:19 — 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.
- Jer 51:19 — 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.
- Lam 3:24 — The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Lam 3:24 — The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Ps 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- Ps 28:9 — Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
- Ps 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Ps 74:2 — Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Ps 74:2 — Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Ps 86:8 — Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Ps 94:14 — For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- Ps 119:57 — Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- Ps 119:57 — Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- Ps 135:4 — For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
- Zech 2:12 — And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.