Jeremiah 13 · Verse 7

Jeremiah 13:7

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.
Jeremiah 13:7, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:7 in other translations

BSBSo I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
WEBThen I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
ASVThen I went to the 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.
YLTand I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.
DARBYAnd I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was good for nothing.
BBESo I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.
WebsterThen 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.

What does Jeremiah 13:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 And 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," Jer 13:9.

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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…

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Jeremiah 13:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֵלֵ֣ךְva.'e.Lekhand I wentH1980
פְּרָ֔תָהpe.Ra.tahPerath towardsH6578
וָאֶחְפֹּ֗רva.'ech.Porand I dugH2658
וָֽאֶקַּח֙va.'e.Kachand I tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָ֣אֵז֔וֹרha.'e.Zorthe loinclothH232
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
טְמַנְתִּ֣יוte.man.TivI had hidden itH2934
שָׁ֑מָּהSha.mahthere <towards>H8033
וְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
נִשְׁחַ֣תnish.Chatit was ruinedH7843
הָאֵז֔וֹרha.'e.Zorthe loinclothH232
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יִצְלַ֖חyitz.Lachit was profitableH6743
לַכֹּֽל\׃\ \פla.Kolfor <the> anythingH3605

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Cross references for Jeremiah 13:7

  • Isaiah 64:6

    But 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.

  • Romans 3:12

    They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Jeremiah 24:1-8

    The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar 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. One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, …

  • Luke 14:34-35

    Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Zechariah 3:3-4

    Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

  • Ezekiel 15:3-5

    Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

  • Jeremiah 13:10

    This 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.

  • Philemon 1:11

    Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

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it was.
10; 24:1-8; Isa 64:6; Eze 15:3-5; Zec 3:3,4; Lu 14:34,35; Ro 3:12
Phm 1:11

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:6

    And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

  • Jeremiah 13:7

    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.

  • Jeremiah 13:8

    Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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Jeremiah 13:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces fuí al Eufrates, y cavé, y tomé el cinto del lugar donde lo había escondido; y he aquí que el cinto se había podrido; para ninguna cosa era bueno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je m’en allai vers l’Euphrate, et je creusai, et je pris la ceinture du lieu où je l’avais cachée; et voici, la ceinture était gâtée, elle n’était plus bonne à rien.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich ging an den Euphrat und grub, und nahm den Gürtel von dem Orte, wo ich ihn verborgen hatte; und siehe, der Gürtel war verdorben, taugte zu gar nichts mehr. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et abii ad Euphraten, et fodi, et tuli lumbare de loco ubi absconderam illud: et ecce computruerat lumbare, ita ut nulli usui aptum esset.