Jeremiah 13
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 13 of 52
Chapter Summary
By the type of a linen girdle hidden at Euphrates Jehovah prefigures the destruction of His people. Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine He foretells their future in misery.
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People & Context
The prophet who buys and hides the linen girdle at Euphrates as a sign, then proclaims the parable of the wine jars.
Timeline
Jehovah commands Jeremiah to buy a linen girdle (loincloth), wear it, and then hide it in a rock cleft by the Euphrates. Later, he retrieves it ruined, symbolizing how God will ruin the pride of Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 13:1-11Jeremiah tells the people every skin will be filled with wine. When they state the obvious, he explains it means Jehovah will fill the kings, priests, prophets, and inhabitants with drunkenness and dash them against one another.
Jeremiah 13:12-14Jeremiah warns the people, the king, and the queen mother to humble themselves before darkness falls. He laments their impending captivity and compares their inability to change to an Ethiopian's skin or leopard's spots.
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