Geremia 13:4

4 Prendi la cintura che tu hai comperata, la quale tu hai in su i lombi, e levati, e va’ all’Eufrate, e nascondila quivi in una buca di un sasso.

Geremia 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:4

Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins,
&c.] Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it was; or to go with it on them; seeing the taking it off does not seem absolutely necessary; and go with it to the place directed to in the following words: and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;
by the river side, where the waters, coming and going, would reach and wet it, and it drying again, would rot the sooner. This signifies the carrying of the Jews captive to Babylon, by which city the river Euphrates ran, and the obscure state and condition they would be in there; and where all their pride and glory would be marred, as afterwards declared.

Geremia 13:4 In-Context

2 Io dunque comperai quella cintura, secondo la parola del Signore, e me la misi in su i lombi.
3 E la parola del Signore mi fu indirizzata la seconda volta, dicendo:
4 Prendi la cintura che tu hai comperata, la quale tu hai in su i lombi, e levati, e va’ all’Eufrate, e nascondila quivi in una buca di un sasso.
5 Ed io andai, e la nascosi presso all’Eufrate, siccome il Signore mi avea comandato.
6 E dopo molti giorni, avvenne che il Signore mi disse: Levati, va’ all’Eufrate, e togli di là la cintura, che io ti avea comandato di nascondervi.
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