Jeremiah 13:1

Jeremiah 13:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus the Lord said to me: “Go and get yourself a linen sash, and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.”

Context of Jeremiah 13:1

The Lord said to me, ‘Go and buy a linen belt. Tie it around your body. But do not put it into water.’ 2So I bought a belt, as the Lord had told me to do. I tied it around me. 3The Lord spoke to me again.

Jeremiah 13:1 word by word

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י הָל֞וֹךְ וְקָנִ֤יתָ לְּךָ֙ אֵז֣וֹר פִּשְׁתִּ֔ים וְשַׂמְתּ֖וֹ עַל־מָתְנֶ֑יךָ וּבַמַּ֖יִם לֹ֥א תְבִאֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• unto me, Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and getקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• thee a linenפֵּ֫שֶׁתpishteh · flaxH6593
• girdleאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• it upon thy loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
• and putבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• it not in waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:1

• Jeremiah 13:11I tell you this: My people should have been like a belt for me. I held all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah very near to me. I chose them to be my special people. They should have respected me and given me honour so that people would praise me. But they refused to obey me.
• Jeremiah 19:1The Lord said to me, ‘Go to a potter. Buy from him a pot that he has made from clay. Take with you some leaders of the people and some leaders of the priests.
• Jeremiah 27:2The Lord said to me, ‘Use wood and leather to make a yoke. Tie the yoke around your neck.
• Ezekiel 4:1‘Son of man, take a large brick and put it in front of you. On the brick, draw a picture of the city, Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 5:1‘Son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it like a knife to cut off your hair and your beard. Then use some scales to weigh the hair. Put it into three separate parts that are the same weight.
• Hebrews 1:1Many years ago, God spoke to our ancestors by his prophets. He spoke many times and in many different ways.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Thus saith the Lord unto me - This discourse is supposed to have been delivered under the reign of Jeconiah, the son and successor of Jehoiakim, who came to the throne in the eighteenth year of his age; when the Chaldean generals had encamped near to Jerusalem, but did not besiege it in form till Nebuchadnezzar came up with the great body of the army. In these circumstances the prophet predicts the captivity; and, by a symbolical representation of a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1A linen girdle - The appointed dress of the priestly order (Leviticus 16:4, … ). Put it not in water - i. e., do not wash it, and so let it represent the deep-grained pollution of the people.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The glory of the Jews should be marred. (Jr 13:1-11) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (Jr 13:12-17) An awful message to Jerusalem and its king. (Jr 13:18-27) Verses 1-11 It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, Jr 13:9-11. The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the prophets he sent among them, and the favours he…Read the comment
• 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 13:1

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

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Girdle
• Linen
• Pity
• Principality
• Agabus
• Dress
• Flax
• Get; Getting
• Hosea

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