Jeremiah 51:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Portion

Lamentations 3:24

The former

Jeremiah 51:15

The rod

Bible References

Portion

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 the hosts is his name.

The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou dost maintain my lot.

My flesh and my heart fail; the strength of my heart is that God is my portion for ever.

But our God is in the heavens; he has made whatever he has desired.

Chet The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore I will wait for him.

The former

He is the one who makes the earth by his power; he upholds the world by his wisdom and extends the heavens by his intelligence;

The rod

I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced destroying my heritage, because ye filled yourselves as a heifer on grass and neighed like horses;

Now therefore, if ye will give ear to hearken unto my voice and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a special treasure unto me above all peoples; for all the earth is mine.

For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the measuring line of his inheritance.

Blessed is the people whose God is the LORD; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, this Mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.

For JAH has chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession.

But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.