Jeremiah 13:5

And so I went, and I hid it by the Euphrates, just as the Lord had instructed me.

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In The King James Version

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

In Context

4“Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an opening of the rock.”

6And it happened that, after many days, the Lord said to me: “Rise up, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the waistcloth, which I instructed you to hide there.”

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Cross References

Exodus 40:16And Moses raised it up, and he positioned the panels as well as the bases and the bars, and he set up the columns,

John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

2 Timothy 2:3Labor like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:17By faith, Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac, so that he who had received the promises was offering up his only son.

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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