Jeremiah 13:1
Thus saith Hashem unto me, Go and buy thee a linen + 13:1 i.e., priestly ezor (belt) and put it around thy waist, and put it not in mayim.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2So I bought the ezor (belt) according to the Devar Hashem, and put it around my waist.
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:11For as the ezor has deveykus with the waist of an ish, so have I caused to have deveykus unto Me kol Bais Yisroel and kol Bais Yehudah, saith Hashem; that they might be unto Me for a People, and for Shem, and for Tehillah, and for Teferet: but they would not hear.
Jeremiah 19:1Thus saith Hashem, Go and acquire a yotzerʼs earthen jar, and take some of the Ziknei HaAm, and of the Ziknei HaKohanim;
Jeremiah 43:9Take avanim gedolim in thine yad, and bury them in the clay in the brick pavement, which is at the entrance of the bais Pharaoh in Tachpanches, before the eyes of the anshei Yehudah;
Hebrews 1:1In many and various drakhim (ways) Hashem in amolike times (olden times) spoke to the Avot by the Nevi'im.
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 →