Jeremiah 13:2

Jeremiah 13:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
• New International Version (NIV)So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I got a sash according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist.

Context of Jeremiah 13:2

1This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist. 3Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: 4“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

Jeremiah 13:2 word by word

וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה אֶת־הָאֵז֖וֹר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וָאָשִׂ֖ם עַל־מָתְנָֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

• So I boughtקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• a loinclothאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• in accordance with the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and I putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• it aroundעַל‛al · uponH5921
• my waistמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:2

• Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
• Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
• Ezekiel 2:8And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
• Hosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
• John 13:6He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
• John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2God told Jeremiah to keep a linen loincloth unwashed to represent Judah's unrighteousness (compare Isaiah 64:5; Revelation 19:8). This garment is similar to modern-day underwear.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-27Many of these figurative acts being either not possible, or not probable, or decorous, seem to have existed only in the mind of the prophet as part of his inward vision. [So Calvin]. The world he moved in was not the sensible, but the spiritual, world. Inward acts were, however, when it was possible and proper, materialized by outward performance, but not always, and necessarily so. The internal act made a naked statement more impressive and presented the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:2

• Euphrates
• Girdle
• Instruction
• Prophets
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Pity
• Principality
• Hosea
• Azariah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings