Jeremiah 13:2

So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

In Context

1This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.

3And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,

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Cross References

Isaiah 20:2At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.

Hosea 1:2The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.

John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:2-12

The Marred Girdle. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord , and put it on my loins. 3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And it came to pass after… Read the whole commentary →

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