Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says LORD to me, Go, and buy thee a linen sash, and put it upon thy loins, and do not put it in water.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2So I bought a sash according to the word of LORD, and put it upon my loins.
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:11For as the sash clings to the loins of a man, so I have caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says LORD, that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory
Jeremiah 19:1Thus said LORD: Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,
Jeremiah 43:9Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,
Hebrews 1:1God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1
Still the prophet is attempting to awaken this secure and stubborn people to repentance, by the consideration of the judgments of God that were coming upon them. He is to tell them, I. By the sign of a girdle spoiled that their pride should be stained, ver. 1-11 . II. By the sign of bottles filled with wine that their counsels should be blasted, ver. 12-14 . III. In consideration hereof he is to call them to repent and humble themselves, ver. 15-21 . IV. He is to convince them that it is for their obstinacy and… Read the whole commentary →