Jeremiah 13:1
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:11For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
Jeremiah 19:1This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
Jeremiah 43:9“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our 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 →