Jeremiah 13:2

So I bought the girdle, according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my loins.

Leeser Tanakh

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

1Thus said the Lord unto me, Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it around thy loins, and lay it not in water.

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

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Cross References

Isaiah 20:2At the same time spoke the Lord by means of Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loosen the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy shoe shalt thou pull off from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Hosea 1:2The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea was, that the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of prostitution and children of prostitution; for the [inhabitants of the] land go far astray, departing from the Lord.

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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