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Jeremiah 13:2

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.”

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:

4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

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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
So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
KJV
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
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.
DARBY
And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.
BLB
And I acquired a loincloth, according to the word of YHWH, and I put [it] around my waist.
ÅB
Og jeg kjøpte beltet etter Herrens ord og la det om mine lender.
OTB
Så jeg skaffet meg plagget som Herren hadde instruert, og la det rundt livet mitt.
B1930
Og jeg kjøpte beltet efter Herrens ord og la det om mine lender.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 2:8

    And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

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  • John 15:14

    You are My friends if you do what I command you.

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  • Proverbs 3:5

    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

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  • Isaiah 20:2

    the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

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  • John 13:6–7

    He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

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  • Hosea 1:2–3

    When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

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