The Ruined Loincloth

Jeremiah 13

1 Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and q put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water." 2 So I bought a loincloth 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, 4 "Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, r go to the Euphrates and hide it there in s a cleft of the rock." 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And after many days the Lord said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there q the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there." 7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took q the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was t spoiled; it was u good for nothing.

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 "Thus says the Lord: v Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great w pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, x 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 u good for nothing. 11 For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, y that they might be for me a people, z a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 28:39
    You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.
    Leviticus 16:4
    He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on.
    Acts 21:11
    And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:59
    The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.
    Jeremiah 51:63
    When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:19
    And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 13:1
    Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 13:1
    Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:4
    And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 15:4 - 5
    Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 137:1
    By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:19
    And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:17
    At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
    Jeremiah 16:11 - 12
    Then you shall say to them: 'Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 13:7
    Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was spoiled; it was good for nothing.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:9
    And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
    Isaiah 55:13
    Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
    Zephaniah 3:20
    At that time I will bring you in, at the time when I gather you together; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes," says the Lord.
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