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.
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.
- 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 the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- Jer 32:18Thou 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,
- Jer 31:35Thus 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:
- Ps 119:57Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- Ps 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Jer 51:19The 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.
- Jer 10:12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
- Ps 135:4For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
- Lam 3:24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Exod 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Jer 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Isa 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Prov 16:4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Isa 51:15But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
- Ps 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- Isa 47:4As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Isa 47:6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- Ps 16:5–6The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
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