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Jeremiah 13:2

So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    So I bought a belt according to Yahweh’s word, and put it on my waist.

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to Jeremiah 13:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 2:8 But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”
  • Proverbs 3:5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
  • Isaiah 20:2 at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your sandals from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.
  • John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
  • Hosea 1:2-3 When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.” So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
  • John 13:6-7 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”

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Explain this verse (3 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 13:2 So I got a girdle according to…

Jer 13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] on my loins.

Ver. 2. So I got a girdle.] God is to be obeyed readily, and without questioning.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain According to the word of the Lord; that is,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So I got a girdle,.... Or, bought (n) a…

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