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: “Buy a linen belt. Put it around your waist. Don’t let it get wet.” So I bought the belt, as the Lord had told me, and put it around my waist. 3The Lord spoke his word to me again. He said, 4“Take the belt that you bought, the one you’re wearing. Go to the Euphrates River, and bury it there in a crack in the rocks.”

Jeremiah 13:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• So I gotקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• a girdleאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• according to the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• on my loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:2

• Proverbs 3:5Trust the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
• Isaiah 20:2At that time the Lord told Isaiah, son of Amoz, “Take off the sackcloth that you are wearing, and take off your sandals!” Isaiah did this and walked around barefoot and naked.
• Ezekiel 2:8But you, son of man, listen to what I say. Don’t be rebellious like those rebellious people. Open your mouth, and eat what I am giving to you.”
• Hosea 1:2When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, the Lord told him, “Marry a prostitute and have children with that prostitute. The people in this land have acted like prostitutes and abandoned the Lord.”
• John 13:6When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
• John 15:14You are my friends if you obey my commandments.

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