Jeremiah 10:16

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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 in them.

¹⁵ They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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 it so.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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 Armies is his name.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all [things], and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
BLB: The portion of Jacob [is] not like these; for the Maker of all [is] He, and Israel [is] the tribe of His inheritance—YHWH of Hosts [is] His name!

ÅB: Ikke er han som er Jakobs del[^3], lik dem; for han er den som har skapt alle ting, og Israel er den slekt som er hans arv; Herren, hærskarenes Gud, er hans navn.
OTB: Jakobs del er ikke som disse; for han er skaperen av alle ting, og Israel er hans arvelods stamme; Herren, hærskarenes Gud, er hans navn.
B1930: Ikke er han som er Jakobs del, lik dem; for han er den som har skapt alle ting, og Israel er den ætt som er hans arv; Herren, hærskarenes Gud, er hans navn. / < d.e. Herren; 5MO 4, 19. 20; 32, 9. SLM 16, 5; 119, 57.>

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Deuteronomy 32:9
For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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Jeremiah 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,
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Jeremiah 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 hosts is his name:
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Psalms 119:57
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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Jeremiah 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.
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Jeremiah 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.
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Psalms 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.
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Lamentations 3:24
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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