Jeremiah

Jeremiah 13:1–7

1This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

2So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.

3Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: 4“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Peratha and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

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

6Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.” 7So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined— of no use at all.

Footnotes

  • a 13:4 Or possibly to the Euphrates; similarly in verses 5–7

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Jeremiah 13:1

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
This is whatכֹּֽה־kōh-AdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֜הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
saidאָמַ֨ר’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
to meאֵלַ֗י’ê·layPreposition; first person common singularH413 motion to
Goהָל֞וֹךְhā·lō·wḵVerb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteH1980 go, come, walk
and buyוְקָנִ֤יתָwə·qā·nî·ṯāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularH7069 get, acquire
yourselfלְּךָ֙lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
a linenפִּשְׁתִּ֔יםpiš·tîmNoun - feminine pluralH6593 linen, carded
loinclothאֵז֣וֹר’ê·zō·wrNoun - masculine singular constructH232 waistcloth
and putוְשַׂמְתּ֖וֹwə·śam·tōwConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH7760 put, place, set
it aroundעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
your waistמָתְנֶ֑יךָmā·ṯə·ne·ḵāNoun - masculine dual construct; second person masculine singularH4975 waist, loins
but do notלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
let it touchתְבִאֵֽהוּ׃ṯə·ḇi·’ê·hūVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
waterוּבַמַּ֖יִםū·ḇam·ma·yimConjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine pluralH4325 water, juice, urine

Jeremiah 13:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So I boughtוָאֶקְנֶ֥הwā·’eq·nehConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH7069 get, acquire
a loinclothהָאֵז֖וֹרhā·’ê·zō·wrArticle; Noun - masculine singularH232 waistcloth
in accordance with the wordכִּדְבַ֣רkiḏ·ḇarPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH1697 speech, word
of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
and I putוָאָשִׂ֖םwā·’ā·śimConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH7760 put, place, set
it aroundעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
my waistמָתְנָֽי׃סmā·ṯə·nāyNoun - masculine dual construct; first person common singularH4975 waist, loins

Jeremiah 13:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then the wordדְבַר־ḏə·ḇar-Noun - masculine singular constructH1697 speech, word
of the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
cameוַיְהִ֧יway·hîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to meאֵלַ֖י’ê·layPreposition; first person common singularH413 motion to
a second timeשֵׁנִ֥יתšê·nîṯNumber - ordinal feminine singularH8145 second

Jeremiah 13:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Takeקַ֧חqaḥVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH3947 take
the loinclothהָאֵז֛וֹרhā·’ê·zō·wrArticle; Noun - masculine singularH232 waistcloth
thatאֲשֶׁ֥ר’ă·šerPronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
you boughtקָנִ֖יתָqā·nî·ṯāVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH7069 get, acquire
and are wearingעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
and goלֵ֣ךְlêḵVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
at onceוְקוּם֙wə·qūmConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH6965 arise, stand up, stand
to Perathפְּרָ֔תָהpə·rā·ṯāhNoun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singularH6578 Eupharates
and hideוְטָמְנֵ֥הוּwə·ṭā·mə·nê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine singularH2934 hide, conceal
it thereשָׁ֖םšāmAdverbH8033 there, thither
in a creviceבִּנְקִ֥יקbin·qîqPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH5357 cleft
of the rocksהַסָּֽלַע׃has·sā·la‘Article; Noun - masculine singularH5553 crag, cliff

Jeremiah 13:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So I wentוָאֵלֵ֕ךְwā·’ê·lêḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH1980 go, come, walk
and hid itוָאֶטְמְנֵ֖הוּwā·’eṭ·mə·nê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singularH2934 hide, conceal
at Perathבִּפְרָ֑תbip̄·rāṯPreposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singularH6578 Eupharates
asכַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka·’ă·šerPreposition-k; Pronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
had commanded meצִוָּ֥הṣiw·wāhVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularH6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order

Jeremiah 13:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Manyרַבִּ֑יםrab·bîmAdjective - masculine pluralH7227 much, many, great
daysיָמִ֣יםyā·mîmNoun - masculine pluralH3117 day
laterמִקֵּ֖ץmiq·qêṣPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular constructH7093 end
the LORDיְהוָ֜הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
to meאֵלַ֗י’ê·layPreposition; first person common singularH413 motion to
Ariseק֚וּםqūmVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH6965 arise, stand up, stand
goלֵ֣ךְlêḵVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
to Perathפְּרָ֔תָהpə·rā·ṯāhNoun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singularH6578 Eupharates
and getוְקַ֤חwə·qaḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH3947 take
the loinclothהָ֣אֵז֔וֹרhā·’ê·zō·wrArticle; Noun - masculine singularH232 waistcloth
thatאֲשֶׁ֥ר’ă·šerPronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
I commandedצִוִּיתִ֖יךָṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵāVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
you to hideלְטָמְנוֹ־lə·ṭā·mə·nōw-Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singularH2934 hide, conceal
thereשָֽׁם׃šāmAdverbH8033 there, thither

Jeremiah 13:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So I wentוָאֵלֵ֣ךְwā·’ê·lêḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH1980 go, come, walk
to Perathפְּרָ֔תָהpə·rā·ṯāhNoun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singularH6578 Eupharates
and dug upוָאֶחְפֹּ֗רwā·’eḥ·pōrConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH2658 dig, search for
the loinclothהָ֣אֵז֔וֹרhā·’ê·zō·wrArticle; Noun - masculine singularH232 waistcloth
and I tookוָֽאֶקַּח֙wā·’eq·qaḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH3947 take
it fromמִן־min-PrepositionH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםham·mā·qō·wmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH4725 standing, spot, condition
whereאֲשֶׁר־’ă·šer-Pronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
I had hidden itטְמַנְתִּ֣יוṭə·man·tîwVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singularH2934 hide, conceal
But nowוְהִנֵּה֙wə·hin·nêhConjunctive waw; InterjectionH2009 lo! behold!
was ruinedנִשְׁחַ֣תniš·ḥaṯVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH7843 go to ruin (?)
of noלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
useיִצְלַ֖חyiṣ·laḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH6743 rush
at allלַכֹּֽל׃פlak·kōlPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH3605 the whole, all

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 13:1 Hebrews 1:1 · Jeremiah 13:11

Jeremiah 13:2 Ezekiel 2:8 · John 15:14 · Proverbs 3:5 · Isaiah 20:2

Jeremiah 13:5 Exodus 40:16 · Exodus 39:42–43

Jeremiah 13:7 Isaiah 64:6 · Romans 3:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.