Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
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In Context
9"Thus says the Lord, 'In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Cross References
Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
Psalms 78:8and might not be as their fathers,a stubborn and rebellious generation,a generation that did not make their hearts loyal,whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Isaiah 3:24It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness;instead of a belt, a rope;instead of well set hair, baldness;instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth;and branding instead of beauty.
Jeremiah 5:23"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah 9:13The Lord says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
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 →