The Meaning of Jeremiah 13:2 Explained

Jeremiah 13:2

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

YLT: and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place it on my loins.

Darby: And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

ASV: So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 13:2?

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What is the context of Jeremiah 13:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 13:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Jeremiah 13:1-11 - 20-25, The Parable Of The Girdle

This parable of the girdle may really have been transacted. By some such striking symbol before them the attention of the people must have been powerfully arrested. Or, it may be that this is only a vivid style of presentation. Whichever it is, the chief idea is the intimacy of relationship between the Chosen People and their God, Jeremiah 13:11. Oh, that He would cause us to cleave to Him! The degradation of the best produces the worst, and nothing more strikingly sets forth the condition to which those may sink who have abused the highest possibilities, than the condition of this marred and profitless girdle. Let us beware! since capable of God's best and highest, we are also liable to the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Jerusalem is apostrophized, and asked where was the beautiful flock of sister and daughter towns which had gathered under her lead. They had been destroyed, and their people were in captivity. Their destruction had come from those who had been allies and friends, Jeremiah 13:21; but their sin was so deeply seated and inveterate that such a fate was inevitable. There was no hope of reformation, Jeremiah 13:23. It was easier to expect a negro to become white, or for a leopard to change his spots than that Israel should do good. Only Christ can do this for us. He can with a word arrest a Niagara in its fall and bid it leap back. His grace can cause the leprosy of inbred sin to cease its hold, never again to pollute the soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 13

¹ By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates,
⁹ God prefigures the destruction of his people
¹² By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery
¹⁵ He exhorts to prevent their future judgments
²² He shows their abominations are the cause thereof

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:2 mean?

So I got - a sash according to the word of Yahweh and put [it] around my waist -

וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה אֶת־ הָאֵז֖וֹר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וָאָשִׂ֖ם עַל־ מָתְנָֽי ס

וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה	So I got
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular Root: קָנָה Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָאֵז֖וֹר	a sash
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אֵזׄור Sense: waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing.
כִּדְבַ֣ר	according to the word
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
יְהוָ֑ה	of Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וָאָשִׂ֖ם	and put [it]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
עַל־	around
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מָתְנָֽי	my waist
Parse: Noun, mdc, first person common singular Root: מָתְנַיִם Sense: loins, hips.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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