Jeremiah 13

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 13 of 52

1 So says Jehovah to me: Go and buy for yourself a linen girdle and put it on your loins, and do not put it in water.

2 And I bought the girdle according to the Word of Jehovah and put it on my loins.

3 And the Word of Jehovah was to me a second time, saying,

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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.

Key Hebrew Words

קְלוֹנֵֽ ignominy H7036 · TWOT 2024a
זְנוּתֵ֔ fornication H2184 · TWOT 563b
עֲקֵבָֽיִ heel H6119 · TWOT 1676a
נְאֻם utterance H5002 · TWOT 1272a
אֲחֵרִ֔ים another H312 · TWOT 68a

People & Context

The Sign of the Linen Loincloth

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…

Parable of the Wine Skins

Jeremiah 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,…

Warning to the Proud and the Queen Mother

Jeremiah warns the people, the king, and the queen mother to humble themselves before darkness falls. He laments their impending captivity and compare…

Timeline

The Sign of the Linen Loincloth

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 13:1-11
Parable of the Wine Skins

Jeremiah 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 13:12-14
Warning to the Proud and the Queen Mother

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 13:15-27

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