Jeremiah 13:2

So I bought a belt according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my waist.

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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

1Thus says the Lord to me, "Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and do not put it in water."

3The word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying,

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Cross References

Isaiah 20:2at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet." He did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Hosea 1:2When the Lord spoke at the first by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the Lord."

John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

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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