Jeremiah 13:2
So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
Jeremiah 13:2 in other translations
| BSB | So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist. |
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| WEB | So I bought a belt according to the LORD’s word, and put it on my waist. |
| ASV | So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins. |
| YLT | and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place it on my loins. |
| DARBY | And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins. |
| BBE | So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body. |
| Webster | So I procured a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. |
What does Jeremiah 13:2 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:1-11
The glory of the Jews should be marred. (Jr 13:1-11) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (Jr 13:12-17) An awful message to Jerusalem and its king. (Jr 13:18-27) Verses 1-11 It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, Jr 13:9-11. The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the…
Jeremiah 13:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 13:2
- Ezekiel 2:8
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
- John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- Isaiah 20:2
At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- John 13:6-7
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
- Hosea 1:2-3
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord. So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
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Context
- Jeremiah 13:1
Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
- Jeremiah 13:2
So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
- Jeremiah 13:3
And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,
Jeremiah 13:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y compré el cinto conforme á la palabra de Jehová, y púselo sobre mis lomos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et j’achetai une ceinture, selon la parole de l’ Éternel, et je la mis sur mes reins. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich kaufte den Gürtel, nach dem Worte Jehovas, und legte ihn um meine Lenden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et possedi lumbare juxta verbum Domini, et posui circa lumbos meos. |