Jeremiah 13:6

6 And after many days the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there ¹the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there."

Jeremiah 13:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:6

And it came to pass after many days
When the girdle had lain long in the hole, by the side of Euphrates; this denotes the length of the Babylonish captivity, which was seventy years: that the Lord said unto me, arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle
from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there;
which may denote the return of these people from captivity, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah; see ( Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:12 ) , though this seems to be visionally done, in order to express the wretched state and condition these people were in; either before the captivity, which was the cause of it; or at their return from it, when they were no better for it.

Jeremiah 13:6 In-Context

4 "Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in 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 the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there."

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.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 1 above]