The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV The Portion of Jacob is not like them, For He is the Maker of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of hosts is His name.
- NASB The Portion of Jacob is not like these; For He is the Maker of everything, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of armies is His name.
- NLT But the God of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, including Israel, his own special possession. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
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Quick answer
Jacob's portion is not like idols, for He is the Maker of all things and Israel is His inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is His name. God's people have the Creator Himself as their God.
Overview
Against the worthless idols, the prophet exalts 'the portion of Jacob'—Yahweh, the former of all things, whose name is the LORD of Armies, and who claims Israel as His own inheritance. To have the Creator as one's God is the highest privilege and security. The verse celebrates the covenant bond between God and His people, fulfilled as believers become God's inheritance through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- Deut 32:9For Yahweh’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- Jer 32:18who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;
- Jer 31:35Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
- Ps 119:57Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
- Ps 74:2Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
- Jer 51:19The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the former of all things; including the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
- Jer 10:12He has made the earth by his power. he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
- Ps 135:4For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.
- Lam 3:24“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Exod 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- Jer 50:34Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Isa 45:7I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.
- Prov 16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own end — yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Isa 51:15For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
- Ps 142:5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Isa 47:4Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- Isa 47:6I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
- Ps 16:5–6Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
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