Jeremiah 13:9

Thus I mar the excellence of Judah, || And the great excellence of Jerusalem.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

In Context

8And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Thus said YHWH:

10This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, || Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, || And go after other gods to serve them, || And to bow themselves to them, || Indeed it is—as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

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Cross References

Job 40:10Now put on excellence and loftiness, || Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.

Isaiah 2:10Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, || Because of the fear of YHWH, || And because of the honor of His excellence.

Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab—very proud, || His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath—his boastings [are] not right.

Jeremiah 13:15Hear, and give ear—do not be haughty, || For YHWH has spoken.

Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, || And its kings, its heads, || To give them to ruin, to astonishment, || To hissing, and to reviling, as [at] this day;

Lamentations 5:5For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us.

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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