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Jeremiah 13

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1Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

2So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.

3And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,

4Take 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.

5So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

6And 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.

7Then 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.

8Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

10This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

11For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

12Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

14And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

18Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

22And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

25This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

26Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

27I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵתʼêthH85318× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306815× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55913× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • לֹאlôʼH380811× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • אֵלʼêlH41310× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • כֹּלkôlH36059× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • עַלʻalH59219× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • אֵזוֹרʼêzôwrH2328× in this chapter

    something girt; a belt, also a band

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8348× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19807× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16975× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • זֶהzehH20884× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • טָמַןṭâmanH29344× in this chapter

    to hide (by covering over)

  • יָשַׁבyâshabH34274× in this chapter

    properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

  • כֹּהkôhH35414× in this chapter

    properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

  • מֹתֶןmôthenH49754× in this chapter

    properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

  • פְּרָתPᵉrâthH65784× in this chapter

    Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East

  • שָׁםshâmH80334× in this chapter

    there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

  • שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80854× in this chapter

    to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

  • גָּלָהgâlâhH15403× in this chapter

    to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

  • יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30633× in this chapter

    Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

  • יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33893× in this chapter

    Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

  • לָקַחlâqachH39473× in this chapter

    to take (in the widest variety of applications)

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • מָלֵאmâlêʼH43903× in this chapter

    to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

  • נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50023× in this chapter

    an oracle

  • קָנָהqânâhH70693× in this chapter

    to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own

  • רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter

    to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

  • שׂוּםsûwmH77603× in this chapter

    to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

  • שָׁחַתshâchathH78433× in this chapter

    to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

  • תִּפְאָרָהtiphʼârâhH85973× in this chapter

    ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)

  • בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • גָּאוֹןgâʼôwnH13472× in this chapter

    {arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

  • גַּםgamH15712× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • דָּבַקdâbaqH16922× in this chapter

    properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit

  • דָּמַעdâmaʻH18302× in this chapter

    to weep

  • טֶרֶםṭeremH29622× in this chapter

    properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

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