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They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a> This 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have followed other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this undergarment which is completely useless. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this waistband which is totally worthless. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this waistband, which is totally worthless. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> This evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have walked after other gods to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this belt which is totally worthless. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> These wicked and malevolent people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubborn way of their heart and have followed other gods [which are nothing—just man-made carvings] to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this waistband which is completely worthless. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship—they will be like this underwear, of no use at all. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> These evil people, who refuse to listen to Me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and worship—they will be like this underwear, of no use at all. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The people of Judah are evil and stubborn. So instead of listening to me, they do whatever they want and even worship other gods. When I am finished with these people, they will be good for nothing, just like this pair of shorts. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They go their own stubborn ways and follow other gods in order to serve them and worship them. They are like this good-for-nothing belt. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> These evil people have refused to obey me. They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever, and have worshiped and served other gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> This evil people that refuses to listen to my words, that stubbornly pursues their own desires, and that follows other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt that is not good for anything. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all. <a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a> These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, "" Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, "" And go after other gods to serve them, "" And to bow themselves to them, "" Indeed it is—as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> This evil people, refusing to hear my words, going in the stubbornness of their heart, and they will go after other gods to serve them and to worship to them, and it shall be as this girdle which shall not profit for anything.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> This wicked people, that will not hear my words, and that walk in the perverseness of their heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle which is fit for no use. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> This most wicked people, they are not willing to listen to my words, for they walk in the depravity of their own heart, and they have gone after strange gods, so as to serve them and to adore them. And so, they will become like this waistcloth, which is not fit for any use. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a> This wicked people who refuse to obey my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and follow other gods, serving and worshiping them, will be like this loincloth, good for nothing. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own will and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, shall be even as this girdle which is good for nothing. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> This evil people who have not chosen to hear my words, who walk in the will of their heart and went after other gods, to serve them and to worship them, they shall be as this loin cloth that is good for nothing<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> even this evil people, that refuse to hear My words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, that it be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> even this great pride of the men that will not hearken to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3924" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">The Linen Loincloth</a> …9“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10<a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3987.htm" title="3987: ham·mê·’ă·nîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Refusing. From ma'en; refractory.">who refuse</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: liš·mō·w·a‘ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">to listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇā·ray (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">to My words,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ha·hō·lə·ḵîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">who follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/8307.htm" title="8307: biš·ri·rūṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Firmness, stubbornness. From sharar in the sense of twisted, i.e. Firm; obstinacy.">the stubbornness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">of their own hearts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and who go</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏām (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: ū·lə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">and worship</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wî·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">they will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">like this</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/232.htm" title="232: kā·’ê·zō·wr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A waist cloth. From 'aziqqiym; something girt; a belt, also a band.">loincloth—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">of no</a> <a href="/hebrew/6743.htm" title="6743: yiṣ·laḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To push forward. Or tsaleach; a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses.">use</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lak·kōl (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">at all.</a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Deuteronomy 31:27</a> For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death! <a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">2 Kings 17:14</a> But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Nehemiah 9:29</a> You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a> These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a> For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow? <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a> But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” <a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a> Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a> All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24-26</a> Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8</a> Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” <a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Jeremiah 19:15</a> “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>This 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.evil.<a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23</a> But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.<a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-28</a> Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: … <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Jeremiah 8:5</a> Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.walk.<a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.<a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14</a> But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:<a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a> At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.<a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.shall.<a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Jeremiah 13:7</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1-4</a> Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth… <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Band</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Belt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Girdle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Profitable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Stubbornly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Totally</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Use</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Waistband</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Words</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Band</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Belt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Girdle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm">Profitable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-14.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Stubbornly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Totally</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Use</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Waistband</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-21.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Words</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 13</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, </a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">God prefigures the destruction of his people.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.</a> 22. <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "evil" is "ra," which denotes not just moral wickedness but also the calamity that results from such behavior. In the context of Jeremiah, this highlights the people's persistent rebellion against God's covenant, which was meant to set them apart as a holy nation. Historically, this period was marked by idolatry and social injustice, which were seen as direct violations of the covenantal relationship with God.who refuse to listen to My words The refusal to listen is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature. The Hebrew verb "shama" means to hear or listen, but it implies obedience and response. The people's refusal to "shama" indicates a deliberate choice to ignore God's commandments and prophetic warnings. This disobedience is not just a passive act but an active rejection of God's authority and guidance, which is central to the covenant relationship.who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts The "stubbornness of their own hearts" is a vivid description of the people's willful disobedience. The Hebrew word "sarar" means to be stubborn or rebellious. The heart, in Hebrew thought, is the seat of will and decision-making. Thus, following the stubbornness of their hearts suggests a deep-seated rebellion and self-will that leads them away from God's path. This phrase underscores the internal nature of sin, which begins in the heart and manifests in actions.and have gone after other gods to serve and worship them This phrase highlights the idolatry that was rampant among the people. "Gone after" suggests a pursuit or a deliberate choice to follow other deities. The Hebrew word "avad" means to serve, and "shachah" means to worship, indicating both service and reverence that should have been directed to Yahweh alone. Historically, this period saw the influence of surrounding nations and their gods, leading Israel into syncretism and idolatry, which was a direct violation of the first commandment.will be like this loincloth, of no use at all The imagery of the loincloth is a powerful metaphor used by Jeremiah. In the earlier verses, God instructs Jeremiah to bury a linen loincloth, which becomes ruined and useless. The loincloth represents the close relationship between God and Israel, intended to be intimate and pure. However, like the ruined loincloth, the people's sin and idolatry have rendered them "of no use at all" to God. This metaphor serves as a stark warning of the consequences of their actions, emphasizing the loss of purpose and value when they turn away from God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) Imagination.--Better, as before, stubbornness.Shall even be as this girdle.--The same thought is reproduced in the imagery of the potter's vessel in <a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm" title="And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.">Jeremiah 18:4</a>. On the other hand there is a partial reversal of the sentence in <a href="/jeremiah/24-5.htm" title="Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.">Jeremiah 24:5</a>, where the "good figs" represent the exiles who learnt repentance from their sufferings, and the "bad" those who still remained at Jerusalem under Zedekiah.Which is good for nothing.--Better, profitable for nothing, the Hebrew verse being the same as in <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm" title="Then I went to Euphrates, and dig, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.">Jeremiah 13:7</a>. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>These הַזֶּ֨ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that evil הָרָ֜ע (hā·rā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil people, הָעָם֩ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock who refuse הַֽמֵּאֲנִ֣ים ׀ (ham·mê·’ă·nîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3987.htm">Strong's 3987: </a> Refractory to listen לִשְׁמ֣וֹעַ (liš·mō·w·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently to My words, דְּבָרַ֗י (də·ḇā·ray) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause who follow הַהֹֽלְכִים֙ (ha·hō·lə·ḵîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk the stubbornness בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת (biš·ri·rūṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8307.htm">Strong's 8307: </a> Firmness, stubbornness of their own hearts, לִבָּ֔ם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre and who go וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk after אַֽחֲרֵי֙ (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part other אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other gods אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to serve לְעָבְדָ֖ם (lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏām) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave and worship וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֣ת (ū·lə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> To depress, prostrate them, לָהֶ֑ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They they will be וִיהִי֙ (wî·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be like this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that loincloth— כָּאֵז֣וֹר (kā·’ê·zō·wr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_232.htm">Strong's 232: </a> Something girt, a belt, a band of no לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no use יִצְלַ֖ח (yiṣ·laḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6743.htm">Strong's 6743: </a> To push forward at all. לַכֹּֽל׃ (lak·kōl) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:10 This evil people who refuse to hear (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>