Jeremiah 13:10

This wicked people who refuses to listen to my word, who walk in the hardness of their heart, who go after other gods to worship them and bow down to them—they will be like this undergarment that is good for nothing.

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In The King James Version

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

In Context

9“Yahweh says this: In the same way I will destroy the great arrogance of Judah and Jerusalem.

11For just as an undergarment clings to someone's hips, so I have made all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah cling to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—to be my people, to bring me fame, praise, and honor. But they would not listen to me.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:11Yahweh said to Moses, “How long must this people despise me? How long must they fail to trust me, despite all the signs of my power that I have done among them?

Psalms 78:8Then they would not be like their ancestors, 1 who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, 1 a generation whose hearts were not right, 1 and whose spirits were not committed and faithful to God. 1

Isaiah 3:24Instead of sweet perfume there will be stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; 1 instead of well-arranged hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a covering of sackcloth; 1 and branding instead of beauty. 1

Jeremiah 5:23But this people has a stubborn heart. It turns away in rebellion and goes away. 1

Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen or pay attention. They lived by their own stubborn plans of their wicked hearts, so they went backwards, not forward.

Jeremiah 9:13Yahweh says, “It is because they have abandoned my law that I set before them, because they do not listen to my voice or walk by it.

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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