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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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.
- 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 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Jer 32:18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- Jer 31:35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
- Ps 119:57The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
- Ps 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.
- Jer 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Jer 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Ps 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Lam 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Exod 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Jer 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Isa 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Prov 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- Isa 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Ps 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Isa 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Isa 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Ps 16:5–6The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
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