Jeremiah 13:2
So I bought the ezor (belt) according to the Devar Hashem, and put it around my waist.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
3And the Devar Hashem came unto me the second time, saying,
Cross References
Isaiah 20:2At the same time spoke Hashem by Yeshayah Ben Amotz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy sandal from thy regel. And he did so, going arom (naked, stripped) and barefoot.
Hosea 1:2The beginning of the Devar Hashem by Hoshea: And Hashem said to Hoshea: Go, take unto thee an eshet zenunim (wife of whoredoms) and yeladim of zenunim; for ha'aretz hath committed great whoredom, by departing from Hashem.
John 15:14You are my chaverim, if you are shomer oner my mitzvot. + 15:14 Job 16:20; Prov 18:24
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 →