The Meaning of Jeremiah 13:6 Explained

Jeremiah 13:6

KJV: And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, 'Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;'

Darby: And it came to pass at the end of many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence which I commanded thee to hide there.

ASV: And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 13:6?

MEANING: What does Jeremiah 13:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Jeremiah 13:6?

What is the context of Jeremiah 13:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

What does Jeremiah 13:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Jeremiah 13:1-11 - 20-25, The Parable Of The Girdle

This parable of the girdle may really have been transacted. By some such striking symbol before them the attention of the people must have been powerfully arrested. Or, it may be that this is only a vivid style of presentation. Whichever it is, the chief idea is the intimacy of relationship between the Chosen People and their God, Jeremiah 13:11. Oh, that He would cause us to cleave to Him! The degradation of the best produces the worst, and nothing more strikingly sets forth the condition to which those may sink who have abused the highest possibilities, than the condition of this marred and profitless girdle. Let us beware! since capable of God's best and highest, we are also liable to the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Jerusalem is apostrophized, and asked where was the beautiful flock of sister and daughter towns which had gathered under her lead. They had been destroyed, and their people were in captivity. Their destruction had come from those who had been allies and friends, Jeremiah 13:21; but their sin was so deeply seated and inveterate that such a fate was inevitable. There was no hope of reformation, Jeremiah 13:23. It was easier to expect a negro to become white, or for a leopard to change his spots than that Israel should do good. Only Christ can do this for us. He can with a word arrest a Niagara in its fall and bid it leap back. His grace can cause the leprosy of inbred sin to cease its hold, never again to pollute the soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 13

¹ By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates,
⁹ God prefigures the destruction of his people
¹² By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery
¹⁵ He exhorts to prevent their future judgments
²² He shows their abominations are the cause thereof

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:6 mean?

And it came to pass after days many that said Yahweh to me Arise go to the Euphrates and take from there - the sash which I commanded you to hide there

וַיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י ק֚וּם לֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וְקַ֤ח מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִ֖יךָ לְטָמְנוֹ־ שָֽׁם

וַיְהִ֕י	And it came to pass
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מִקֵּ֖ץ	after
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קֵץ Sense: end.
יָמִ֣ים	days
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
רַבִּ֑ים	many
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: רַב Sense: much, many, great.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	that said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֜ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֵלַ֗י	to me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
ק֚וּם	Arise
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
לֵ֣ךְ	go
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
פְּרָ֔תָה	to the Euphrates
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: פְּרָת Sense: the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf.
וְקַ֤ח	and take
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִשָּׁם֙	from there
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb Root: שָׁם Sense: there, thither.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָ֣אֵז֔וֹר	the sash
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אֵזׄור Sense: waist-cloth, the innermost piece of clothing.
צִוִּיתִ֖יךָ	I commanded you
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular Root: צָוָה Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
לְטָמְנוֹ־	to hide
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: טָמַן Sense: to hide, conceal, bury.

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