Jeremiah 13:6

Jeremiah 13:6 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it came to pass after many days that the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the sash which I commanded you to hide there.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)A long time afterward the Lord said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told you to hide there.”

Context of Jeremiah 13:6

4Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7Then 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. 8Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah 13:6 word by word

וַיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י ק֚וּם לֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וְקַ֤ח מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִ֖יךָ לְטָמְנוֹ־שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

• And it came to pass afterקֵץqêts · endH7093
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto me, Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the girdleאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• from thence, which I commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• thee to hideטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:6

• Jeremiah 13:2So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Many days - The seventy years‘ captivity.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. 66. after many days--Time enough was given for the girdle to become unfit for use. So, in course of time, the Jews became corrupted by the heathen idolatries around, so as to cease to be witnesses of Jehovah; they must, therefore, be cast away as a "marred" or spoiled girdle.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:6

• 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