English Standard Version
Jeremiah 13:7
7Then 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.
Context of Jeremiah 13:7
5So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6And after many days the Lord said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there." 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. 8Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9"Thus says the Lord: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Read all of Jeremiah 13Jeremiah 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 13:10This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.
- Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.
- Isaiah 64:6We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
- Ezekiel 15:3Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?
- Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.
- Luke 14:34"Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
- Romans 3:12All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."
- Philemon 1:11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to 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
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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
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