Jeremiah 10:16

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The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

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  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.
  • Ps 74:2 : 2 Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!
  • Jer 31:35 : 35 The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God whose is name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.
  • Ps 119:57 : 57 ח(Khet) The LORD is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions.
  • Jer 51:19 : 19 The LORD, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Lam 3:24 : 24 “My portion is the LORD,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
  • Exod 19:5 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.
  • Isa 54:5 : 5 For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”
  • Jer 50:34 : 34 But the one who will rescue them is strong. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.
  • Isa 47:4 : 4 says our protector– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
  • Isa 51:15 : 15 I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
  • Ps 16:5-6 : 5 LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure. 6 It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.
  • Ps 142:5 : 5 I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”
  • Prov 16:4 : 4 The LORD has worked everything for his own ends– even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 51:19-20
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    97%

    19The LORD, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

    20“Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

  • 9For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

  • 17Jeremiah Laments for and Prays for the Soon-to-be-Judged People Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged.

  • 4Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

  • Jer 2:3-4
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    74%

    3Israel was set apart to the LORD; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them,” says the LORD.

    4The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors Now listen to what the LORD’s message, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.

  • 7Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

  • 5One will say,‘I belong to the LORD,’ and another will use the name‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand,‘The LORD’s,’ and use the name‘Israel.’”

  • 2“I, the LORD, do these things. I, the LORD, form the plan to bring them about. I am known as the LORD. I say to you,

  • 2For the LORD is about to restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields.

  • 13O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

  • 5LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

  • 17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

  • Isa 48:1-2
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    1The Lord Appeals to the Exiles Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the LORD, and invoke the God of Israel– but not in an honest and just manner.

    2Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • 8Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

  • 9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.

  • 9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there.

  • 28“‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

  • 8God’s Judgment Intensifies The Lord decreed judgment on Jacob, and it fell on Israel.

  • 2They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the LORD alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

  • 1The LORD will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

  • Obad 1:17-18
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    17But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.

    18The descendants of Jacob will be a fire, and the descendants of Joseph a flame. The descendants of Esau will be like stubble. They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a single survivor of the descendants of Esau!” Indeed, the LORD has spoken it.

  • 1The Lord Will Renew Israel“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”

  • Isa 10:20-21
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    71%

    20At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

    21A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

  • 12How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

  • 10God said to him,“Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel.

  • Jer 31:10-11
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    10Listen to the LORD’s message, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say,“The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”

    11For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.

  • 5As for the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is the name by which he is remembered!

  • 13For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, is his name!”

  • 25Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.

  • 21He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them.

  • 2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

  • 1The Lord, not Idols, is the Only Worthy Object of Worship You people of Israel, listen to what the LORD has to say to you.

  • 1At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the LORD, affirm it!”

  • 7The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector!(Selah)

  • 7The LORD confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob:“I swear I will never forget all you have done!

  • 15They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • 21Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!

  • 5Your eyes will see it, and then you will say,‘May the LORD be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!’”

  • 17He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

  • 10“‘You said,“These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,”– although the LORD was there–

  • 7Moreover, the LORD says,“Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say,‘LORD, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’

  • 18For this is what the LORD says, the one who created the sky– he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited–“I am the LORD, I have no peer.

  • 25The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying,“Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, Israel!”

  • 1The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.