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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.

2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

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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 as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

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  • Hebrews 1:1

    God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

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  • Jeremiah 19:1

    Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

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  • Ezekiel 4:1–5

    Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

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  • Jeremiah 27:2

    Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

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