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: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, 4“Take the undergarment that you bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”

Jeremiah 13:2 word by word

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

• So I boughtקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• the undergarmentאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• it aroundעַל‛al · uponH5921
• my waistמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:2

• Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
• Isaiah 20:2at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.
• Ezekiel 2:8“Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth wide and eat what I am giving you.”
• Hosea 1:2When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for the land commits flagrant infidelity, abandoning the Lord.”
• John 13:6So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?”
• John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.

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