Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,
Jeremiah 10:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Jacob’s Portion is not like these, because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Armies is his name. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Portion of Jacob [the true God on Whom Israel has a claim] is not like these, for He is the Fashioner and Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance–the Lord of hosts is His name. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Jacob’s portion is utterly different because God has formed all things, including Israel, his very own people— the LORD of heavenly forces is his name! Catholic Public Domain Version Jacob's portion is not like their portion. For his portion is from the One who formed all things. And Israel is the staff of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things and Israel is the rod of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name. |
Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,
Then he said, ‘My Lord, if I have indeed found favour with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.’
The Lord has prepared everything for his purpose – even the wicked for the day of disaster.
The Lord of Armies will bless them, saying, ‘Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance are blessed.’
I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer; The Lord of Armies is his name.
I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
For I am the Lord your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar – his name is the Lord of Armies.
Indeed, your husband is your Maker – his name is the Lord of Armies – and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.
He made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and spread out the heavens by his understanding.
Lord, there is no one like you. You are great; your name is great in power.
‘This is what the Lord says: The one who gives the sun for light by day, the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar – the Lord of Armies is his name:
You show faithful love to thousands but lay the fathers’ iniquity on their sons’ laps after them, great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of Armies,
‘The Lord who made the earth, the Lord who forms it to establish it, the Lord is his name, says this:
As I live – this is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name – the king of Babylon will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of Armies is his name. He will fervently champion their cause so that he might bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
Jacob’s Portion is not like these, because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Armies is his name.
I say, ‘The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him.’
He is here: the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, the one who makes the dawn out of darkness and strides on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.
The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.