Jeremiah 13:7

Jeremiah 13:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was spoiled; it was good for nothing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the sash from the place where I had hidden it; and there was the sash, ruined. It was profitable for nothing.

Context of Jeremiah 13:7

5So I went to Perath. I hid it there, as the Lord had commanded me to do. 6Many days after that, the Lord said to me, ‘Now go to Perath again. Get the belt that I told you to hide there.’ So I went back to Perath. I dug out the belt from the place where I had hidden it. But it had become spoiled. I could not use it any more. 8Then the Lord said to me, 9‘I, the Lord, tell you this: See what happened to your belt. Now I will destroy everything that the people of Judah and Jerusalem are proud of.

Jeremiah 13:7 word by word

וָאֵלֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וָאֶחְפֹּ֗ר וָֽאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־טְמַנְתִּ֣יו שָׁ֑מָּה וְהִנֵּה֙ נִשְׁחַ֣ת הָאֵז֔וֹר לֹ֥א יִצְלַ֖ח לַכֹּֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then I wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• and diggedחָפַרchâphar · to searchH2658
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the girdleאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• from the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• where I had hidטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• was marredשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• it was profitableצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:7

• Jeremiah 13:10Those wicked people refuse to listen to my words. They do whatever they want to do. They are too proud to change. They serve other gods and they worship them. Now they will become as useless as this linen belt.
• Jeremiah 24:1King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took Jeconiah away as his prisoner. Jeconiah was the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar also took all Jeconiah's officers and the workers in Judah who had special skills. He took them all away from Jerusalem to Babylon as his prisoners. After that happened, the Lord showed me a vision. I saw two baskets of figs. Somebody had put them in front of the Lord's temple.
• Isaiah 64:6Our sins have made us all like unclean people, who cannot worship you. Even the good things that we try to do are like dirty bits of cloth. Our sins will blow us all away, as the wind blows away dead leaves.
• Ezekiel 15:3Nobody can use its wood to make anything that is useful. They cannot even make pegs to hang clothes on!
• Zechariah 3:3Joshua was wearing very dirty clothes and he stood in front of the angel.
• Luke 14:34Remember this. Salt is good. But if it is not salty any more, it is no longer any good. You cannot make it salty again.
• Romans 3:12Everyone has turned away from God. All people have become completely bad. Nobody does what is good or kind. There is not even one person who is like that.
• Philemon 1:11Before he trusted Jesus, Onesimus did not really help you. But now he can help both you and me.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And behold, the girdle was marred; it was profitable for nothing - This symbolically represented the state of the Jews: they were corrupt and abominable; and God, by sending them into captivity, "marred the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem," Jeremiah 13:9.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The safest time to travel was during the dry season, from June to September. Cloth was most likely to rot during the wet season, from October to May. Many days later was likely between six and ten months.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 13:7

• Euphrates
• Girdle
• Instruction
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Appear
• Pity
• Principality
• Hosea
• Euphrates

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