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 Euphrates, as Yhwh commanded me. 6And it came to pass after many days, that Yhwh said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 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. 8Then the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying, 9Thus saith Yhwh, After this manner will I mar 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 wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• and diggedחָפַרchâphar · to searchH2658
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the girdleאֵזוֹר'êzôr · girdleH232
• from the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• where I had hidטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• was marredשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• it was profitableצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743

Cross-references for Jeremiah 13:7

• Jeremiah 13:10This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
• Jeremiah 24:1Yhwh shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of Yhwh, after that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
• Isaiah 64:6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
• Ezekiel 15:3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
• Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
• Luke 14:34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
• Romans 3:12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
• Philemon 1:11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee 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