Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says the LORD to me, Go and get yourself a linen belt, and put it around your waist, and do not put it in water.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy a linen waistband, and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto me, Go,{H1980} and buy{H7069} thee a linen{H6593} girdle,{H232} and put{H7760} it upon thy loins,{H4975} and put{H935} it not in water.{H4325}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} unto me, Go{H1980}{(H8800)} and get{H7069}{(H8804)} thee a linen{H6593} girdle{H232}, and put{H7760}{(H8804)} it upon thy loins{H4975}, and put{H935}{(H8686)} it not in water{H4325}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, thus saied the LORDE vnto me: go thy waye & get the a lynnen breche, and gyrde it aboute thy loynes, and let it not be wet.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thus sayth the Lorde vnto mee, Goe, and buy thee a linen girdle, & put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde vnto me: Go thy way and get thee a lynnen girdle, and girde it about thy loynes, let it not be wet.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ 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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy you a linen belt, and put it on your loins, and don't put it in water.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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:'
American Standard Version (1901)
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 (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.
World English Bible (2000)
Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don't put it in water.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
An Object Lesson from Ruined Linen Shorts The LORD said to me,“Go and buy some linen shorts and put them on. Do not put them in water.”
Referenced Verses
- Jer 13:11 : 11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me, says the LORD; that they might be to me a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory: but they would not hear.
- Jer 19:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
- Jer 27:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD to me; Make bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck,
- Ezek 4:1-5 : 1 You also, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 2 And lay siege against it, build a fort against it, and throw up a ramp against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it all around. 3 Moreover, take an iron pan and set it as a wall of iron between you and the city, and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 4 Lie also upon your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon it, you shall bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
- Heb 1:1 : 1 God, who at various times and in different manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Jer 13:2-1110 verses94%
2 So I got a belt according to the word of the LORD, and put it around my waist.
3 And the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,
4 Take the belt that you have got, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock.
5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it: and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
9 Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and follow other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, will be like this belt, which is good for nothing.
11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me, says the LORD; that they might be to me a people, and a name, and a praise, and a glory: but they would not hear.
- Jer 27:1-22 verses76%
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Thus says the LORD to me; Make bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck,
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17 Therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
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1 The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
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1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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29 And a sash of fine twined linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet, of needlework, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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1 Thus says the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
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1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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10 I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with badger's skin, and I wrapped you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk.
- Isa 20:2-32 verses70%
2 At that same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take off your sandals from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
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1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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15 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
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4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jer 38:11-122 verses70%
11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast-off clothes and worn-out rags under your armholes beneath the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
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4 He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and he shall have the linen trousers upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired: these are holy garments; therefore he shall wash his flesh in water, and put them on.
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1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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8 Behold, I will put bands upon you, and you shall not turn from one side to another, till you have completed the days of your siege.
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9 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.
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15 Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jer 30:1-22 verses69%
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2 Thus says the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write down all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
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1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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15 Girded with sashes upon their loins, excellently attired upon their heads, all of them looking like princes, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
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23 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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5 And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
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12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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8 In the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD, saying,
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1 Thus says the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there,
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9 For so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.
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11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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7 And he put the coat on him, girded him with the girdle, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, girded him with the embroidered girdle of the ephod, and bound it to him with it.