Jeremiah 13:6

Jeremiah 13:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• 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.”

Context of Jeremiah 13:6

4“Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.” 5So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me. After many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there.” 7Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and lo, the waistband was ruined, it was totally worthless. 8Then the word of the Lord came to 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

• Afterמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to me, “Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to the Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• from thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• the waistbandאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• you to hideטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:6

• Jeremiah 13:2So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the Lord and put it around my waist.

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