Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and obtain for yourself a linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall not put it into water.”
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In Context
2And so I obtained a waistcloth, according to the word of the Lord, and I placed it around my loins.
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:11For just as the waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so have I brought close to me the entire house of Israel and the entire house of Judah, says the Lord, so that they would be to me: a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory. But they did not listen.
Jeremiah 19:1Thus says the Lord: “Go, and take a potter’s earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests.
Jeremiah 43:9“Take great stones in your hand, and you shall conceal them in the crypt which is under the brick wall at the gate of the house of Pharaoh at Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.
Hebrews 1:1In many places and in many ways, in past times, God spoke to the fathers through the Prophets;
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 →