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Read Full Chapter (Jeremiah 10) Jeremiah 10:16 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."
Jeremiah Chapter 10, Verse 16
Jeremiah 10:16 in Context (Verses 13–19 KJV)
13
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.**
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.
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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.
19
¶ Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.