Jeremiah 13:8

Jeremiah 13:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)Then the word of the Lord came to me:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the word of the Lord came to me:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Context of Jeremiah 13:8

6Many days after that, the Lord said to me, ‘Now go to Perath again. Get the belt that I told you to hide there.’ 7So 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. Then 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. 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 13:8 word by word

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• came unto me, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The parable showed how terrible the pride of Judah and Jerusalem had become. It explained how God allowed the consequences of sin to happen.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 13:8

• Girdle
• Instruction
• Prophecy

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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