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Jeremiah 13:6

13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

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After many days, Yahweh said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”

And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said to me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from there, which I commanded you to hide there.

13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

What does Jeremiah 13:6 mean?

Jeremiah 13:6 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קֵץ (qêts), רַב (rab), יוֹם (yôwm). It connects to 8 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
it
came
to
pass
afterקֵץqêts/kates/H7093an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
manyרַבrab/rab/H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
days,יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
that
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
saidאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
unto
me,
Arise,קוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
goיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
to
Euphrates,פְּרָתPᵉrâth/per-awth'/H6578Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
and
takeלָקַחlâqach/law-kakh'/H3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)
the
girdleאֵזוֹרʼêzôwr/ay-zore'/H232something girt; a belt, also a band
from
thence,
which
I
commandedצָוָהtsâvâh/tsaw-vaw'/H6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
thee
to
hideטָמַןṭâman/taw-man'/H2934to hide (by covering over)
there.

Commentary on Jeremiah 13:6

HENRY_FULL · Jeremiah 13:6
roduction" The wise and penitent preacher is here closing his sermon; and he closes it, not only lie a good orator, but like a good preacher, with that which was likely to make the best impressions and which he wished might be powerful and lasting upon his hearers. Here is, I. An exhortation to young people to begin betimes to be religious and not to put it off to old age ( ver. 1 ), enforced with arguments taken from the calamities of old age ( ver. 1-5 ) and the great change that death will make upon us, ver. 6, 7 . II. A repetition of the great truth he had undertaken to prove in this discourse, the vanity of the world, ver. 8 . III. A confirmation and recommendation of what he had written in this and his other books, as worthy to be duly weighed and considered, ver. 9 . IV. The whole matter summed up and concluded, with a charge to all to be truly religious, in consideration of the judgment to come, ver. 13, 14 . The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death.<

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 27:1

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. dim: Heb. heavy

1 Samuel 3:2

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

1 Samuel 4:15

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. were dim: Heb. stood

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Psalms 42:7

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Jeremiah 11:7

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

Jeremiah 11:8

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. imagination: or, stubbornness

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Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 4:3

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. in process: Heb. at the end of days

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: thou: Heb. eating thou shalt eat

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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What does Jeremiah 13:6 say?

Jeremiah 13:6 (King James Version) reads: "And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there."

Is Jeremiah 13:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Jeremiah 13:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.

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