Jeremiah 13:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This 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.””
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“This 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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 13:1 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 20:3Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
- Jeremiah 13:11For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
- Jeremiah 18:2“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”
- Jeremiah 19:1This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
- Jeremiah 27:2This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
- Jeremiah 43:9“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
- Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).