Jeremiah 13:9

Thus saith Jehovah: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, And the great pride of Jerusalem.

Noyes Bible

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

8Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:—

10This evil people, Who refuse to hearken to my words, Who walk after the obstinacy of their heart, And walk after strange gods, To serve them and to worship them, Shall be like this girdle, Which is good for nothing.

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Cross References

Job 40:10Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!

Isaiah 2:10Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!

Isaiah 16:6“We have beard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; His haughtiness, and his pride, and his insolence, His vain boastings.”

Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and attend! be not lifted up! For Jehovah speaketh.

Jeremiah 25:18to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, and to the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse; [[as it is this day.]]

Lamentations 5:5With the yoke upon our necks, we are driven; We are wearied, and have no rest.

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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