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Hide it there in a hole in the rocks.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Take the girdle that thou hast got, which <i>is</i> upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Take the sash that you acquired, which <i>is</i> around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Take the undergarment that you bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Take the belt that you have bought, which is around your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Get up and take the waistband that you have bought, which is [wrapped] around your loins, and go to the [river] Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates and hide it in a rocky crevice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates and hide it in a rocky crevice.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Take off the shorts. Go to Parah and hide the shorts in a crack between some large rocks." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Take the belt that you bought, the one you're wearing. Go to the Euphrates River, and bury it there in a crack in the rocks."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Go to the Euphrates River and hide the shorts in a hole in the rocks." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Take the belt that you bought and that is around your waist. Get up and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a crevice in the rock." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Take the girdle that thou hast procured, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Take the girdle that you have acquired, that [is] on your loins, and rise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Take the girdle that thou hast got, that is on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Take the girdle that thou boughtest, which is upon thy loins, and arising, go to Euphrates and hide it there in the cleft of the rock.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is about thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an opening of the rock.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Take the loincloth which you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Perath; hide it there in a cleft of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go now to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Take the girdle which you have bought, and which is upon your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates and bury it there in a hole of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Take the loin cloth that you bought that is on your waist, and arise, go to Euphrates, and bury it there in a crack of the rock”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Take the girdle that thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Take the girdle that is upon thy loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3878" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">The Linen Loincloth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qaḥ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">“Take</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/232.htm" title="232: hā·’ê·zō·wr (Art:: N-ms) -- A waist cloth. From 'aziqqiym; something girt; a belt, also a band.">the loincloth</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7069.htm" title="7069: qā·nî·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to erect, i.e. Create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase; by implication to own.">you bought</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/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and are wearing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4975.htm" title="4975: mā·ṯə·ne·ḵā (N-mdc:: 2ms) -- Loins. From an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and go</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: wə·qūm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">at once</a> <a href="/hebrew/6578.htm" title="6578: pə·rā·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- A river of W. Asia. From an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath, a river of the East.">to Perath</a> <a href="/hebrew/2934.htm" title="2934: wə·ṭā·mə·nê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide.">and hide</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">it there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5357.htm" title="5357: bin·qîq (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Cleft (of a rock). From an unused root meaning to bore; a cleft.">in a crevice</a> <a href="/hebrew/5553.htm" title="5553: has·sā·la‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A crag, cliff. From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively.">of the rocks.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2-4</a></span><br />the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. / Then 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, / so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1-3</a></span><br />“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem. / Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides. / Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Ezekiel 5:1-4</a></span><br />“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair. / When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them. / But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2-3</a></span><br />When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.” / So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-10.htm">Matthew 13:10-13</a></span><br />Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?” / He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. / Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-28.htm">Matthew 21:28-32</a></span><br />But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ / ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went. / Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-4.htm">Luke 5:4-6</a></span><br />When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” / “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.” / When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-5.htm">John 2:5-8</a></span><br />His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” / Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons. / Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/21-6.htm">John 21:6</a></span><br />He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-10.htm">Acts 9:10-11</a></span><br />In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered. / “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-19.htm">Acts 10:19-20</a></span><br />As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. / So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-9.htm">Acts 16:9-10</a></span><br />During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” / As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27-29</a></span><br />But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, / so that no one may boast in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a></span><br />Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Take the girdle that you have got, which is on your loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.</p><p class="hdg">go.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-63.htm">Jeremiah 51:63,64</a></b></br> And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, <i>that</i> thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/137-1.htm">Psalm 137:1</a></b></br> By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/4-10.htm">Micah 4:10</a></b></br> Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go <i>even</i> to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Band</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Belt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Body</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-21.htm">Cleft</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Euphrates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Euphra'tes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Girdle</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Gotten</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-11.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Loins</a> <a href="/joshua/18-23.htm">Parah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Perath</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm">Phrat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Price</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Procured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Waist</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Waistband</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-2.htm">Waistcloth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Wearing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Band</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Belt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Body</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Cleft</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Euphrates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Euphra'tes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Girdle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Gotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-7.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Loins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Parah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Perath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Phrat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-13.htm">Price</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-9.htm">Procured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Waist</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Waistband</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Waistcloth</a> <a href="/daniel/3-21.htm">Wearing</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">God prefigures the destruction of his people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.</a></span><br></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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In ancient times, a loincloth was a common garment, signifying readiness and service. The act of purchasing and wearing it suggests a deliberate choice and personal investment, reflecting how God chose Israel as His own. This imagery is used to illustrate Israel's initial closeness to God and their subsequent corruption.<p><b>and go at once to Perath</b><br>Perath is commonly understood to refer to the Euphrates River, a significant geographical landmark in biblical history. The Euphrates was a boundary of the Promised Land and a symbol of the far reaches of God's influence. The journey to Perath signifies a significant and purposeful action, possibly indicating the distance Israel has strayed from God. Some scholars suggest a closer location, such as a site near Anathoth, Jeremiah's hometown, due to the impracticality of the journey. This ambiguity highlights the mystery and depth of God's instructions.<p><b>and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks</b><br>Hiding the loincloth in a crevice symbolizes the concealment and eventual corruption of Israel's relationship with God. Rocks often represent strength and permanence, yet the act of hiding suggests neglect and decay. This imagery foreshadows the coming judgment and exile, where Israel's pride and glory would be marred. The act of hiding also connects to themes of sin and separation from God, as seen in other scriptures where hidden sins lead to downfall. This serves as a prophetic warning of the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. Known for his deep emotional connection to his message and his people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/perath.htm">Perath</a></b><br>Often identified with the Euphrates River, a significant geographical location in biblical history, symbolizing a place of judgment and exile.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/loincloth.htm">Loincloth</a></b><br>A symbolic garment representing the intimate relationship between God and His people, which becomes marred due to their disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_command.htm">God's Command</a></b><br>The directive given to Jeremiah to perform a symbolic act, illustrating the spiritual condition of Judah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies, facing impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_in_prophecy.htm">Symbolism in Prophecy</a></b><br>Prophetic acts often use physical symbols to convey spiritual truths. The loincloth represents the closeness intended between God and His people, which is marred by sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Jeremiah's immediate obedience to God's unusual command highlights the importance of trusting and following God's instructions, even when they seem strange.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a></b><br>The act of hiding the loincloth symbolizes the hidden and deteriorating state of Judah's relationship with God due to their disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_intimacy.htm">God's Desire for Intimacy</a></b><br>The loincloth, an intimate garment, signifies God's desire for a close relationship with His people, which is compromised by their sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The account encourages self-examination and repentance, reminding believers of the possibility of restoration through turning back to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_enemy_forces_'like_clouds'.htm">Jeremiah 4:13: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence of enemy forces sweeping in 'like clouds' and destroying the land as described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_a_buried_belt_stay_intact.htm">(Jeremiah 13:1-11) How could a buried linen belt remain intact long enough to serve as an effective prophetic sign?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_isaiah's_nakedness_documented.htm">If Isaiah truly walked 'naked and barefoot' for three years (Isaiah 20:2-3), why doesn't any external source mention such a shocking act, and how could it have gone unnoticed by contemporaries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lamentations_4_13_align_with_communal_guilt.htm">(Lamentations 4:13) How does blaming prophets and priests for the downfall align or conflict with other biblical teachings on communal guilt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Go to Euphrates.</span>--The Hebrew word <span class= "ital">Phrath </span>is the same as that which, everywhere else in the O.T., is rendered by the Greek name for the river, Euphrates. It has been suggested (1) that the word means "river" generally, or "rushing water," applied by way of pre-eminence to the "great river" and therefore that it may have been used here in its general sense; and (2) that it may stand here for Ephratah, or Bethlehem, as the scene of Jeremiah's symbolic actions, the place being chosen on account of its suggestive likeness to Euphrates. These conjectures, however, have no other basis than the assumed improbability of a double journey of two hundred and fifty miles, and this, as has been shown, can hardly be weighed as a serious element in the question. In Jeremiah 51 there can be no doubt that the writer means Euphrates. It may be noted, too, as a coincidence confirming this view, that Jeremiah appears as personally known to Nebuchadnezzar in <a href="/jeremiah/39-11.htm" title="Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,">Jeremiah 39:11</a>. Those who make Ephratah the scene of what is here recorded, point to the caves and clefts in the rocky region between Bethlehem and the Dead Sea as agreeing with the description. On the other hand, the form <span class= "ital">Prath </span>is nowhere found as substituted for the familiar Ephratah.<p><span class= "bld">A hole of the rock.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">cleft. </span>In the lower part of its course the Euphrates flows through an alluvial plain, and the words point therefore to some part of its upper course above Pylae, where its course is through a valley more or less rocky.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 4-6.</span> - After Jeremiah has worn the apron for some time, he is directed to take it to <span class="accented">P'rath</span>, and hide it there in a cleft (not "hole") of the rock. A long interval elapses, and he is commanded to make a second journey to the same place, and fetch away the apron. What does this <span class="accented">P'rath</span> mean? It is by no means easy to decide. Hardly "the Euphrates," <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> because the common prefix, "the river," is wanting, though in so extraordinary a narrative it was peculiarly needed; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> because of the length of the journey to Babylonia, which has ex hyp. to be made twice; and <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> because the Euphrates is not a rocky river. Ewald suggested that "some wet place near Jerusalem" probably had the name of <span class="accented">P'rath</span>, and indicates a valley and spring called Forah, about six English miles north-east of Jerusalem. Mr. Birch appears to have hit independently on the same spot, which he identifies with the Parah of <a href="/joshua/18-23.htm">Joshua 18:23</a>, about three miles north-east of Anatbeth, and describes as a picturesque gorge between savage rocks, with a copious stream (<span class="accented">Quarterly Statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund</span>, October, 1880, p. 236). This combination, however, involves an emendation of the text (<span class="accented">P'rath</span> into <span class="accented">Parah</span>) <span class="accented">- logically</span> it involves this, as Mr. Birch has seen; Ewald's comparison of the Arabic <span class="accented">furat</span>, sweet water, seems inconsistent with his reference to Parah - for which there does not seem to be sufficient necessity; and it is better to adopt the view of the great old French Protestant scholar, Bochart, that <span class="accented">P'rath</span> is a shortened form of Ephrath, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> at once Bethlehem and the district in which Bethlehem lay (see <a href="/1_chronicles/2-50.htm">1 Chronicles 2:50</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/4-4.htm">1 Chronicles 4:4</a>; and perhaps <a href="/psalms/132-6.htm">Psalm 132:6</a>). It need hardly be said that the limestone hills of this region afforded abundance of secluded rocks. There may, of course, be at the same time an allusion to the ordinary meaning of <span class="accented">P'rath</span>, viz. Euphrates, on the analogy of the allusion in <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Isaiah 27:12</a>. Those who hold the view here rejected, that <span class="accented">P'rath is</span> equivalent to the Euphrates, sometimes suppose that the narrative is a parable or symbolical fiction, such as Luther, Calvin, and others find in <a href="/hosea/1.htm">Hosea 1, 3</a>, the thing signified being in this case the carrying captive of the people to Babylon; and this seems the best way of making this interpretation plausible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Take</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֧ח</span> <span class="translit">(qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the loincloth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵז֛וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ê·zō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_232.htm">Strong's 232: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something girt, a belt, a band</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you bought</span><br /><span class="heb">קָנִ֖יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·nî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7069.htm">Strong's 7069: </a> </span><span class="str2">To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and are wearing,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and go</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at once</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקוּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Perath</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּרָ֔תָה</span> <span class="translit">(pə·rā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6578.htm">Strong's 6578: </a> </span><span class="str2">Euphrates -- a river of west Asia</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and hide</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭā·mə·nê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2934.htm">Strong's 2934: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a crevice</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּנְקִ֥יק</span> <span class="translit">(bin·qîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5357.htm">Strong's 5357: </a> </span><span class="str2">Cleft (of a rock)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the rocks.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַסָּֽלַע׃</span> <span class="translit">(has·sā·la‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5553.htm">Strong's 5553: </a> </span><span class="str2">A craggy rock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Jeremiah 13:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/13-4.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:4 Take the belt that you have bought (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:5" /></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>