Jeremiah 13:4

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Take	קַ֧ח kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
girdle	הָאֵז֛וֹר ha.'e.Zor	H232	something girt · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
got	קָנִ֖יתָ ka.Ni.ta	H7069	to erect · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
loins	מָתְנֶ֑יךָ ma.te.Nei.kha	H4975	properly · noun, common masculine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
arise	וְקוּם֙ ve.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Euphrates	פְּרָ֔תָה pe.Ra.tah	H6578	Perath (i.e. Euphrates) · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix
hide	וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ ve.ta.me.Ne.hu	H2934	to hide (by covering over) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hole	בִּנְקִ֥יק bin.Kik	H5357	a cleft · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
rock	הַסָּֽלַע ha.Sa.la'	H5553	a craggy rock · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Jeremiah 51:63-64 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrate…
Micah 4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou sh…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Here is, I. A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs, that a stupid unthinking people might be brought to consider, and believe, and be affected with what was thus set before them. 1. He was to wear a linen girdle for some time, Jer 13:1, Jer 13:2. Some think he wore it under his clothes, because it was linen, and it is said to cleave to his loins, Jer 13:11. It should rather seem to be worn upon his clothes, for it was worn for a name and a praise, and probably was a fine sash, such as officers wear and such as are commonly worn at this day in the eas…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:4

Euphrates--In order to support the view that Jeremiah's act was outward, HENDERSON considers that the Hebrew Phrath here is Ephratha, the original name of Beth-lehem, six miles south of Jerusalem, a journey easy to be made by Jeremiah. The non-addition of the word "river," which usually precedes Phrath, when meaning Euphrates, favors this view. But I prefer English Version. The Euphrates is specified as being near Babylon, the Jews future place of exile. hole--typical of the prisons in which the Jews were to be confined. the rock--some well-known rock. A sterile region, such as was that to which the Jews were led away (compare Isa 7:19) [GROTIUS].

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:4

Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,.... Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it was; or to go with it on them; seeing the taking it off does not seem absolutely necessary; and go with it to the place directed to in the following words: and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock; by the river side, where the waters, coming and going, would reach and wet it, and it drying again, would rot the sooner. This signifies the carrying of the Jews captive to Babylon, by which city the river Euphrates ran, and the obscure state and condition they would be in there; and where all their pride and glory would be marred, as afterwards decla…

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Dictionary and topics

Euphrates — Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush, whence Greek Euphrates, meaning “sweet water.” The Assyrian name means “the stream,” or “the great stream.” It is generally called in the…
Euphrates · On the banks of, — On the banks of,
Euphrates, The · Captivity of Judah represented by the marring of Jeremiah’s girdle in — Captivity of Judah represented by the marring of Jeremiah’s girdle in
Girdle · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI
Instruction · The linen sash — The linen sash

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 13:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:4

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Jeremiah 13:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:4

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:1-9

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 13:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 13:3-5

Rashi on Jeremiah 13:1