Jeremiah 13:7

Then I went to Parah, and dug, and took the ezor from the makom where I had hid it; and, hinei, the ezor was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

In Context

6And it came to pass at the end of yamim rabbim, that Hashem said unto me, Arise, go to Parah, and take the ezor from there, which I commanded thee to hide there.

8Then the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:6And there is none that calleth upon Thy Shem, 1 that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee; 1 for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, 1 and hast consumed us, because of avoneinu. 1

Jeremiah 24:1Hashem showed me, and, hinei, two baskets of figs were set in front of the Heikhal Hashem; after that Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel had carried away into the Golus Melech Yehudah Yechanyah ben Y'hoyakim, and the sarim (princes) of Yehudah, with the craftsmen and artisans, from Yerushalayim, and had brought them to Babylon.

Ezekiel 15:3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? Or will men take a yated (peg) of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Luke 14:34Therefore, melach (salt) is tov; but if even melach should become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

Philemon 1:11The one once “Useless” to you, but, now, both to you and to me “Useful” (Onesimus).

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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