Jeremiah 10:11, 15-16
11 Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’ … 15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish. 16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance—the Lord Almighty is his name.”

Jeremiah, speaking the Word of God to the wayward Israelites, is very clear: the idols and gods that other tribes and peoples in the region worship are not like God–they are false. They “did not make the heavens and the earth,” and thus they will “perish from the earth,” because they are nothing like God even though they purport to be.

False idols, according to God through Jeremiah, are worthy only of mockery. Earlier in chapter 10, the prophet describes how the false idols must be propped up, dressed, and carried because they cannot actually do anything for themselves, nor can they affect the world around them. By contrast, God made the earth, the heavens, and everything within them, and He not only watches over everything He created, but has power over it all as well.

Even today, we see the truth of this passage. Praying for anything else besides God to save us or help us does no good, but praying to God can and has caused some miracles to happen. God is definitely still active and still in the business of protecting and caring for His people. This is why the false idols, the false gods that have tempted the Israelites away, do not even compare with God–they can never do what He can, can never help people the way that God can. This is why the “Portion of Jacob” (a title for God only used here and one other place in the Bible) is so much better than those other idols; He is real, and they aren’t.