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 these, for he [is] the creator of everything, and Israel [is] the tribe of his inheritance, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

Yahweh [is] the portion [which is] my share and my cup. You hold my lot.

My flesh and heart failed, [but] God [is] the {strength} of my heart and my reward forever.

But our God [is] in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.

"Yahweh is my portion," says my soul, "Thus I will hope on him."

The former

[He is the one who] made [the] earth by his power, [the one who] created [the] world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out [the] heavens.

The rod

I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance. I have given the beloved one of my {heart} into the hand of her enemies.

"Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my inheritance, though you frisk about like a heifer on the grass, and you neigh like the powerful stallions,

And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, {for all the earth is mine},

For Yahweh's portion [was] his people, Jacob the share of his inheritance.

Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his inheritance.

Remember your congregation [that] you bought long ago, [when] you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. [Remember] {Mount Zion} where you have dwelt.

For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special possession.

But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,