Jeremiah 13:7

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 13:7

5So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me. 6After many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the undergarment which I commanded you to hide there.” Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the undergarment from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the undergarment was ruined, it was completely useless. 8Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9“This is what the Lord says: ‘To the same extent I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 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

• Then I wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to the Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• and dugחָפַרchâphar · to searchH2658
• and I tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the undergarmentאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• from the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• whereאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• whereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• I had hiddenטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• it; and beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• was ruinedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• it wasצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743
• completelyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• uselessלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:7

• Jeremiah 13:10This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have followed other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this undergarment which is completely useless.
• Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.
• Isaiah 64:6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
• Ezekiel 15:3Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can even a peg be taken from it on which to hang any utensil?
• Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing before the angel.
• Luke 14:34“Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
• Romans 3:12They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, There is not even one.”
• Philemon 1:11who previously was useless to you, but now is useful both 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:7

• 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