Jeremiah 13:4

Jeremiah 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take 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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Take the sash that you acquired, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock.”

Context of Jeremiah 13:4

2So I bought the shorts as the Lord had told me to do and put them on. 3Then the Lord spoke to me again and said, “Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks.” 5So I went and buried them at Perath as the Lord had ordered me to do. 6Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”

Jeremiah 13:4 word by word

קַ֧ח אֶת־הָאֵז֛וֹר אֲשֶׁ֥ר קָנִ֖יתָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־מָתְנֶ֑יךָ וְקוּם֙ לֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ שָׁ֖ם בִּנְקִ֥יק הַסָּֽלַע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the girdleאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• that thou hast gotקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• upon thy loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
• and ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• and hideטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• it there in a holeנָקִיקnâqîyq · cleftH5357
• of the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:4

• Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
• Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
• Micah 4:10Twist and strain, Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor! For you will leave the city and live in the open field. You will go to Babylon, but there you will be rescued. There the Lord will deliver you from the power of your enemies.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Go to Euphrates, and hide it there - Intending to point out, by this distant place, the country into which they were to be carried away captive.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4In a hole of the rock - “In a cleft of the rock.” As there are no fissured rocks in Babylonia, the place where Jeremiah hid the girdle must have been somewhere in the upper part of the river.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The Euphrates River is 300 miles north of Jerusalem. Jeremiah likely joined a merchant caravan for safety during the 600-mile round trip. Although Jeremiah did not know why he was going, he followed God's instructions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Euphrates--In order to support the view that Jeremiah's act was outward, Henderson considers that the Hebrew Phrath here is Ephratha, the original name of Beth-lehem, six miles south of Jerusalem, a journey easy to be made by Jeremiah. The non-addition of the word "river," which usually precedes Phrath, when meaning Euphrates, favors this view. But I prefer English Version. The Euphrates is specified as being near Babylon, the Jews future place of…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 13:4

• 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