Jeremiah 13:4
"Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3The word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying,
5So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
Cross References
Jeremiah 51:63It shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:
Micah 4:10Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion,like a woman in travail;for now you will go forth out of the city,and will dwell in the field,and will come even to Babylon.There you will be rescued.There the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
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 →