Jeremiah 13:4
“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.”
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 137:1 : 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
- Jer 51:63-64 : 63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. 64 Then say,‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the disaster I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”The prophecies of Jeremiah end here.
- Mic 4:10 : 10 Twist and strain, Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor! For you will leave the city and live in the open field. You will go to Babylon, but there you will be rescued. There the LORD will deliver you from the power of your enemies.
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- Jer 13:5-84 verses90%
5So I went and buried them at Perath as the LORD had ordered me to do.
6Many days later the LORD said to me,“Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there.”
7So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.
8Then the LORD’s message came to me,
- Jer 13:1-33 verses86%
1An 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.”
2So I bought the shorts in keeping with the LORD’s instructions and put them on.
3Then the LORD’s message came to me again,
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17“But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.
- Ezek 12:4-85 verses71%
4Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile.
5While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
6While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground because I have made you an object lesson to the house of Israel.”
7So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched.
8The LORD’s message came to me in the morning:
- Ezek 4:6-83 verses70%
6“When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days– I have assigned one day for each year.
7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.
8Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.
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63When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
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9“Take some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the clay pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh’s residence here in Tahpanhes. Do it while the people of Judah present there are watching.
- Dan 10:4-52 verses70%
4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris.
5I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Ufaz.
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22Isolated and Silenced The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me,“Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”
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2The LORD told me,“Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
- Jer 19:1-22 verses69%
1An Object Lesson from a Broken Clay Jar The LORD told Jeremiah,“Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.
2Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Announce there what I tell you.
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10I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
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2Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!
- Jer 38:11-122 verses68%
11So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
12Ebed Melech called down to Jeremiah,“Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed.
- Jer 13:10-112 verses68%
10These 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.
11For,’ I say,‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah tightly to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. But they would not obey me.
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4But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. Go wherever you choose.”
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3But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.
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3Then for your part take an iron frying pan and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
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3“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.
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4He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.
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1Ominous Object Lessons“And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it– Jerusalem.
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14Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!
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17Look, the LORD will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.
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14The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
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11Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”
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12“The prince who is among them will raise his belongings onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
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13He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.
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14‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,“Take these documents, both the sealed copy of the deed of purchase and the unsealed copy. Put them in a clay jar so that they may be preserved for a long time to come.”’
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11The LORD’s message came to me:
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2“Go down at once to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.”
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22You will probably ask yourself,‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ It is because you have sinned so much.
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19Then the officials said to Baruch,“You and Jeremiah must go and hide. You must not let anyone know where you are.”
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2“Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now.
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17Groan to moan for the dead, but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others.”
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16She told them,“Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”