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Jeremiah 13:4

Euphrates

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:

“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.”

5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

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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
“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.”
KJV
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
WEB
“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
ASV
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
DARBY
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
BLB
“Take the loincloth that you acquired, which [is] around your waist, and rise up, go to Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
ÅB
Ta det belte du kjøpte, det som er om dine lender, og stå opp, gå til Eufrat og skjul det der i en bergkløft!
OTB
"Ta plagget du har kjøpt, som er rundt livet ditt, og gå til Eufrat. Skjul det der i en kløft i fjellet."
B1930
Ta det belte du kjøpte, det som er om dine lender, og stå op, gå til Eufrat og skjul det der i en bergkløft!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:63–64

    When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

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  • Micah 4:10

    Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

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  • Psalms 137:1

    By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

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