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Jeremiah 13:1

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

2 So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.

3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
DARBY
Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins; but dip it not in water.
BLB
Thus said YHWH to me: “Go and acquire for yourself a linen loincloth, and put it around your waist, and you shall not put it in the water.
ÅB
Så sa Herren til meg: Gå og kjøp deg et lerretsbelte og legg det om dine lender, men la det ikke komme i vann!
OTB
Dette er hva Herren sa til meg: "Gå og kjøp et lintøy og legg det rundt livet ditt, men la det ikke komme i kontakt med vann."
B1930
Så sa Herren til mig: Gå og kjøp dig et lerretsbelte og legg det om dine lender, men la det ikke komme i vann!

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 13:11

    For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

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  • Hebrews 1:1

    On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

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  • Jeremiah 19:1

    This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

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  • Ezekiel 4:1–5

    “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

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  • Jeremiah 27:2

    This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

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