Jeremiah 13:7

So I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle out of the place where I had hidden it,—and lo! the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 many days,—that Yahweh said unto me,—Arise go to the Euphrates, and take from thence the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.

8Then came the word of Yahweh unto me saying:

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:6But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,—And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

Jeremiah 24:1Yahweh shewed me, and lo! two baskets of figs, which had been set before the temple of Yahweh,—after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the princes of Judah and the carpenters and the smiths out of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon:—

Ezekiel 15:3Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?

Luke 14:34Good, therefore is the salt; but, if, even the salt, become tasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Philemon 1:11Him who, at one time, was, unto thee, unserviceable, but, now, unto thee and unto me, serviceable;

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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