Jeremiah 13:2 “So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I…”

Jeremiah 13:2

So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

So I bought a belt according to the LORD’s word, and put it on my waist.

American Standard Version

So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

Geneva Bible 1599

So I bought the girdle according to the commandement of the Lord, and put it vpon my loynes.

Darby Translation

And I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

Young's Literal Translation

and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins.

Bible in Basic English

So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.

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Cross references

“according”

Ezekiel 2:8 Proverbs 3:5 Isaiah 20:2 John 15:14 Hosea 1:2 Hosea 1:3

Ezekiel 2:8 · BSB

And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

Proverbs 3:5 · BSB

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Isaiah 20:2 · BSB

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.

John 15:14 · BSB

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Hosea 1:2 · BSB

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.”

Hosea 1:3 · BSB

So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

3Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

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